Fungus on some of my hatchlings and are dying

[axoltlmad123]

My baby axolotls are dying. They lose their gills and then get covered in fungus before dying (I separate before this stage ). What do I do? I have been told to put some methelyn blue in their water - don't know if I spelt that right or what it is. Is that the right thing to do? I have moved their water changes from every 2 days to every day. They are fed live daphnia so that is why I don't do it twice a day what do I do ? Please help !

 

[rachel1]

A few drops of methylene blue in the water won't hurt them and it does have antifungal properties. You can find it in most school laboratories or some fish stores. I would also recommend lowering the temperature if possible to help give them a chance to fight off infection.

 

[axoltlmad123]

Okay I'm just throwing this idea out there I've heard of people fridging them but how about putting them in my lucky reptile herp nursery. tomorrow I can get it out of the loft. It is a hibernation / incubation box with much less chance of freezing as it adapts it's temperature to the room. If it is in a really cold room instead of it being colder it will stay at the temp set same for a hot room. I use it for my tortoise hibernation. It goes down to quite low temp like 5 degrees c possibly lower. Would this be a good place to keep them constantly until they are bigger as I can monitor the temperature. It might be a day or two before I can put them in there though. I was thinking of keeping them in there and just adjusting the temperature to what I want it to be. If this would work do I just put the sick ones in or the lit of them. I will make sure I open the door twice daily at least to let fresh air in.

 

[axoltlmad123]

Forgot to ask. If I can put them in the hibernation box do I just turn it on lower the temp and put them straight in ? That way it would have to cool down from room temp so surely would cool the water slowly.

 

[axoltlmad123]

And what should I lower the temperature to.