Dax447
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Hi everyone - thanks in advance for any advice.
Our axolotl is called Lexi, not sure of the exact colour name, but she is pale with white eyes and pink gills. We've had her for around six months, she was mostly grown when we got her. She is in a large tank (600mm x 300mm x 300mm). We cycled the tank for several months before putting her in, we do weekly water changes and test frequently. There is usually maybe 0.25 of ammonia before water change, closer to zero afterwards. So far she has been fine and we haven't had any concerns. She does not appear to have any fungus or sloughing skin, and she doesn't look overly skinny. She seems to be pooping regularly. We feed her little fishes thawed from the freezer, sometimes prawns - products specially made for this purpose, from the local aquarium. She seems to like eating every 2-3 days, if we try to feed her more often she usually won't take it.
Something really weird happened yesterday when we tried to feed her, and again today. Both times we offered the fish, she took it in and then began having what can only be described as convulsions, violently spasming left and right almost in half, squirming all around the tank for maybe 30 seconds, then she spat the fish out and the spasms ended. She has not convulsed before that we have seen. The fish pieces weren't large, she has eaten them many times before, plus pieces twice the size without any hassles. We have no idea what is causing this, but we are reluctant to try to give her anything else until we figure out what's going on. We are hoping that someone here might be able to shed some light on this - it was quite scary and a bit upsetting to be honest!
Thanks
Our axolotl is called Lexi, not sure of the exact colour name, but she is pale with white eyes and pink gills. We've had her for around six months, she was mostly grown when we got her. She is in a large tank (600mm x 300mm x 300mm). We cycled the tank for several months before putting her in, we do weekly water changes and test frequently. There is usually maybe 0.25 of ammonia before water change, closer to zero afterwards. So far she has been fine and we haven't had any concerns. She does not appear to have any fungus or sloughing skin, and she doesn't look overly skinny. She seems to be pooping regularly. We feed her little fishes thawed from the freezer, sometimes prawns - products specially made for this purpose, from the local aquarium. She seems to like eating every 2-3 days, if we try to feed her more often she usually won't take it.
Something really weird happened yesterday when we tried to feed her, and again today. Both times we offered the fish, she took it in and then began having what can only be described as convulsions, violently spasming left and right almost in half, squirming all around the tank for maybe 30 seconds, then she spat the fish out and the spasms ended. She has not convulsed before that we have seen. The fish pieces weren't large, she has eaten them many times before, plus pieces twice the size without any hassles. We have no idea what is causing this, but we are reluctant to try to give her anything else until we figure out what's going on. We are hoping that someone here might be able to shed some light on this - it was quite scary and a bit upsetting to be honest!
Thanks