Hi, I'm a new axolotl owner and freaking out a bit - any advice very welcome please!! I've woken up this morning to find a white fluffy ball apparently attached to Gannon's gills - is it some sort of fungus? I've been having problems establishing the tank so worried it's caused by that. I did attempt to cycle the tank before we introduced Ganon but this is totally new to me and it seems it was not full cycled as I keep getting nitrite spikes. Ammonia levels are always pretty much zero so the first part of the cycle seems to be working but nitrite keeps going up (so not converting to nitrate?!!!). I'm regularly doing 50% water changes and using Seachem Prime as a water conditioner and Stability to help get bio filter going properly.
I also had some live plants in there which don't look too healthy - I think probably not getting enough light. I've taken them out today and will replace with plants tolerant of low light - could it be that causing my problem?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated - I'm totally new to this and feeling very stressed!
I also had some live plants in there which don't look too healthy - I think probably not getting enough light. I've taken them out today and will replace with plants tolerant of low light - could it be that causing my problem?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated - I'm totally new to this and feeling very stressed!