But i just got him...

Do you have a bucket of treated tapwater that you can pour into an empty plastic container with lid (2litres or larger with a lid) or leave him in the bucket and place your axie in. If not, prepare the water and remove him from the tank, place him in the bucket/container of treated tapwater (by treated I mean tapwater with water ager/water conditioner/water dechlorinator drops).

And yes, get your water parameters tested at the petshop for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Get them to write the results down for you. Basically, if ammonia/nitrIte levels are above 0, which it will be you'll need to do the daily partial -20-30% waterchanges on the tank as mentioned above. Do not buy any chemicals to fix your tank, ie: ammolock, nitrazorb or similar. Your water conditions can be fixed by the regular partial waterchanges.

What is your tank temperature like? Heat can also play a part in what's happening. But if you only just got your axie, he may have been stressed/sick prior to you owning him which is why he's developed fungus on his gills.

You'll have to do daily saltbaths twice a day.

Use 2=3 teaspoons of sea salt/tonic/aquarium salt or non iodised table salt per litre of dechlorinated water (treated tapwater).

Place your axie in the bath, time for 10-15minutes (no longer as salt can burn skin/gills if its too long).
 
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you are an absolute genius.
i will do as you said

before i came home, i rushed to the pet store after work and picked up my water sample. the amonia levels and nitrIte levels were perfect but the PH was 7.4 and he gave me salt, and gave me some sort of chemical called "Melafix"

i will take your advise and not do the chemical. i will take out some water out of the tank and put some already prepared water from last night into it.
and i am about to bath axie... gees his gills have gone worse since my last post
i dont have a thermometer, but im about to put a frozen bottle of water into the tank once i have done the important bits first.
 
The pH isn't a problem. If ammonia/nitrite levels are perfect (I'm assuming 0) then your tank hasn't started cycling yet. Leave the tankwater as it is, don't change it.

Don't leave him in the tank.

If you haven't already done so, prepare the saltbath, remove him from the tank and place him in it.

Then do another container (or bucket if you have one) of just dechlorinated water.

When saltbath is finished transfer him to the bucket of dechlorinated water.

Empty the saltbath, and give the container a rinse with baking soda and water, rinse and let dry. You can prepare it for the next saltbath (morning/evening) and just seal with a lid for later.

You can feed him in this bucket.

Make sure you change the majority water in the bucket/container daily. (Leave the tank). Any poo or waste in the container/bucket throw it into the tank to start it cycling.

It might be better if you leave him in the fridge for a few days and saltbath him. The fridge will destress him, slow his metabolism down and give it a chance to heal. As long as your fridge temperature is 5 degrees Celcius and above.

Tomorrow after buying the thermometer, place it in a glass/cup of water and place in the fridge. Check after 20-30minutes, if above 4C then its okay to do.

Let us know how he is tomorrow and if you want to use the fridge combined with saltbath method.
 
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i was too late. i put him in the container and left him in with the salt for 13 minutes. then i took out 30% water frmo the tank and put another 30% into the tank of decholrinated water and put him right back in..

should i take him out again and put him in a container of dechlorinated water and into the fridge as you said still?
 
No just leave him there and continue the saltbaths tomorrow, don't want to add any more to his stress. If he seems to be worsening over the next day or so then maybe consider fridging him. Keep us updated :D
 
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Kapo uve been great help, i will update tomorrow
thanx yet again
 
oh yeah one more thing, when i put him into the dechlorinated water with salt bath for 10 minutes, and then put him into a container of dechlorinated water and into the fridge, how long do i leave him in the fridge for?
 
put him in a tub of dechlorinated water and put him in the fridge (make sure your fridge temperature isnt below 5C. cover the tub with a tea towel to prevent light changes/temp fluctuations and change the water once a day with chilled, dechlorinated water.

Now is the time to do salt baths. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to a litre of water and bathe for 10 minutes once or twice a day.

Axies quite often seem dead when they aren't. They are amazing when it comes to healing themselves and with the right treatment will get through pretty much anything.

Keep your axie in the fridge for 1 week and then see how he is. this will reduce stress. he may stop eating while hes in the fridge but attempt to feed him before you do the water change.
 
how come i have to put his droppings into the tank? (he hasnt eaten anything since i last saw him eat a tiny piece..) so i thought it would make the tank dirty??

ok he is in the fridge. the fridge setting is on medium/cold so i am getting a thermometer tomorrow and check it. its not overly cold but its cool. so it should do him happy. i dechlorinated the water hours ago, and i put him in it just then. then tried giving him some food, but no budge. so i took the food out, and put him in the fridge with a tea towel on top.. poor baby :/
and i put two 1L jugs of water in the same fridge for his bath in the morning for the salt.
in the meantime i kept the tank running with its filter, and i have a couple of frozen water bottles in the freezer for when he gets out of hospital :)
plus i bought a big washing bucket to keep dechlorinated water in for water changes

one thing gets me, and its his droppings into the tank? why? i know u said to cycle the water... but im confused i thought the poo would make the water real dirty and cause ammonia??
 
i checked up on him this morning, and he started to swim and walk around, much big improvement!
still wont eat though, i realise the cold water slows down their metabolism, so i still hope maybe with luck he will eat something...
i did his salt bath, amazes me how he can live in such a cold climate lol my hands froze in the water so i turned down the temperature more just in case it was below 5Cº and then i did his water change, and now he is back in the fridge
fingers crossed xxxx! and yes i am getting a thermometer lol
it will b good because by the time he is out of hospital, his tank will be ready yay! im getting a 3 foot tank hehe
 
Leftover Food/waste/ poo causes ammonia in the tank. Ammonia is needed to start the cycle, so any that's in his fridging container can be tossed into the tank.

If you return him to his tank after a week or 2, make sure to leave his container in the room for an hour to warm up. Also, test your tankwater, same day, and do a 20-30% waterchange (which will probably be needed especially if the ammonia/nitrite levels have started rising).
 
sounds great!
i bought a thermometer and the fridge temperature is 8ºC
unfortunetly, i think i know why he got sick... i put the temperature in the tank and it was 23ºC

when i get my 3 foot tank, ill need to cool it down big time. where can i find a referigiration system for the tank? i believe fans would do **** i think
 
Fans are pretty good at bringing tank temperature down by a couple of degrees. We use pedestal fans, as they're easy to raise/lower height and angle so it blows across the surface without having to prop a fan on top any nearby units without fear of it falling in.

A smaller tank is quicker to heat up than a bigger tank. It also depends where you place the tank. Try and find the coolest part of the room or house away from any direct heat or light sources (ie windows/desk lamps).

A few people I know keep their tanks in the kitchen as they like to watch their axies or fish while they cook, never realising their tanks would heat up faster due to the heat from the stove. Same would apply if you kept a heater in your wherever you kept your tank.

For your axie to have developed the fungus so fast, your axie was probably stressed prior to you owning/buying him/her, as I mentioned before.
 
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