Zack
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Good morning everyone!
My name is Zack and i’m a dad of a Leucistic axolotl named Axil. The origin of his name comes from my country, Algeria, and i found it pretty nice because it has the same base of name. Anyhow, i am concerned about my little boy or girl , i don’t know yet because he is still young. It’s been a month i have him in my aquarium that i will attach pictures with this. Today is the second day he is hiding behind my sponge filter and not move that much. he comes out to eat and eat really well, he doesn’t present any symptoms of stress nor anything (no curled gills or curled tail). i don’t know what to do or what is going on. my water parameters are good ( 0 ppm ammonia , nitrite and close to 0 ppm nitrate). my ph is hovering around 6.5 but not higher and i don’t know what i can do to raise it and make it neutral. so here are my questions. it’s cold now because of winter and the water temperature dropped from 61f to 57f.
1- how can i raise safely my pH and maintain it around 7 ?
2- does the drop of temperature reduce his activity?
3- is the light the cause ? (it’s set at the lowest possible)
Thank you very much for the time and information you’ll provide!
My name is Zack and i’m a dad of a Leucistic axolotl named Axil. The origin of his name comes from my country, Algeria, and i found it pretty nice because it has the same base of name. Anyhow, i am concerned about my little boy or girl , i don’t know yet because he is still young. It’s been a month i have him in my aquarium that i will attach pictures with this. Today is the second day he is hiding behind my sponge filter and not move that much. he comes out to eat and eat really well, he doesn’t present any symptoms of stress nor anything (no curled gills or curled tail). i don’t know what to do or what is going on. my water parameters are good ( 0 ppm ammonia , nitrite and close to 0 ppm nitrate). my ph is hovering around 6.5 but not higher and i don’t know what i can do to raise it and make it neutral. so here are my questions. it’s cold now because of winter and the water temperature dropped from 61f to 57f.
1- how can i raise safely my pH and maintain it around 7 ?
2- does the drop of temperature reduce his activity?
3- is the light the cause ? (it’s set at the lowest possible)
Thank you very much for the time and information you’ll provide!
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