Photo: Help? she won't eat!!

[Diame]

Help! My axei wount eat! She is refusing to eat and her gills have fiminisht in size and all. Her tank mates, siblings, show no signs of illness so I think it's stress or something. I've changed their diet from shrimp to mosquitolarvi and bloodworms that I got from the petstore.
I've had them 6 month's and I have a... you know, a sucki fish to help with the bacteria breakdown. All lived together sense I got them. I've tried to give her some free time by posting her in our tub. But it didn't work.

It's the axie in the first photo that wount eat

 

[Leash44]

Re: Help? she wount eat!!

Since our expert keepers here haven't yet replied I will try to help with what I do know.

Can you give any details as to tank size, water parameters, temperature, do you have filtration or an airstone? In your third picture that looks like a heater? Axolotls are cold water animals and should not be in a heated tank. Prolonged temperatures above their range can cause problems.

Axolotls should be kept with other axolotls only, I would suggest you remove the plecostomus. For one, that is just one more creature in the tank that creates waste, and plecostomus have sharp fins which could at some point injure your axolotls. If you have algae problems in an axie tank it is usually due to too much light or water parameter problems since axies do not like bright light.

How old were they when you got them, how big are they now? I believe that at that age larvae and bloodworms are not enough, earthworms and/or sinking salamander pellets give better nutrition but someone with more info than me can certainly comment on that as I am not familiar with the mosquito larva.

They are certainly beautiful axies, I hope we can help you get her eating again.

 

[Bette]

Re: Help? she wount eat!!

Since our expert keepers here haven't yet replied I will try to help with what I do know.

Can you give any details as to tank size, water parameters, temperature, do you have filtration or an airstone? In your third picture that looks like a heater? Axolotls are cold water animals and should not be in a heated tank. Prolonged temperatures above their range can cause problems.

Axolotls should be kept with other axolotls only, I would suggest you remove the plecostomus. For one, that is just one more creature in the tank that creates waste, and plecostomus have sharp fins which could at some point injure your axolotls. If you have algae problems in an axie tank it is usually due to too much light or water parameter problems since axies do not like bright light.

How old were they when you got them, how big are they now? I believe that at that age larvae and bloodworms are not enough, earthworms and/or sinking salamander pellets give better nutrition but someone with more info than me can certainly comment on that as I am not familiar with the mosquito larva.

They are certainly beautiful axies, I hope we can help you get her eating again.

You said it well. Good advice!

 

[Diame]

I choose bloodworms because I figured if she hasent eaten in a while I shouldn't stuff her belly full of food when it's not used to it. Sinking pellets are yet to be found in my petstors shelving.

I have a heater in the because I live in Sweden and it's winter now everything is frozen, the tank is close to the window and can freez. So the heater is set so if it falls below 10°c it will heat up to 10°c. It's an 80L tank and I'm looking for a bigger tank. But my ecomics aren't the best right now. I have only one light bulb in the lighting of the tank and it's only on one side of the tank. Their filter is what the petstore owner told me a multi acting filter. It filters the water sucki up waste and oxidisev it. I believe. It's on the lowest setting and I am very choosei when it comes to where it's sits o's my axis wount feel the flow.

I changed the tank environment ones every so often.
More for my love of change they anything else, but I always distil all the hideouts before putting them in. I don't know how old they are exempt that I have had the for almost 6 month's now. I'd guess that Drako and Malford are 30cm give or take, but Axe 25cm give or take. When I got them they where in terrible shape. Axe had gravel in her gut, Drako and Malford where missing body parts.

I'll try to get a pic of their tank up. I got a pic I don't know if it's a good one.
Whats water parameters?

 

[Diame]

Opsi it's upside down x) well... its still a pic, ill edit it then I get home.

 

[Diame]

Opsi it's upside down x) well... its still a pic, ill edit it then I get home.

I think I did it.

 

[anonymousaxolol]

I would start feeding earthworms as when Axies eat bloodworms they take in a lot of water to suck in the worms. Earthworms are easier to feed to them and they are also easier for them to eat.

 

[Diame]

You think there's an alternative to earth worms?

Three things: 1. The ground is frozen. 2. I am deadly afraid of earthworms.(don't ask why. It's just a phobia thing) that's why I used to feed them shrimp. There earthworm business isn't all that big here.

 

[Leash44]

To answer your earlier question, parameters is testing the water levels using a liquid testing kit of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate as well as pH. Ammonia and nitrite should always be 0, and nitrate should be less than 40. If any of these levels are off it can cause stress to them and can cause them to stop eating. They can also develop other issues and if ammonia is high it can kill them etc. test strip kits are not always reliable, most people here use the API master test kit that uses little glass vials and liquid bottles of testing solution.

As far as alternatives to earthworms, the best and most nutritious if you are not able to feed earthworms would be soft sinking carnivore pellets made for amphibians. If they do not carry any in your pet stores a lot of people order them online.

 

[Diame]

To answer your earlier question, parameters is testing the water levels using a liquid testing kit of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate as well as pH. Ammonia and nitrite should always be 0, and nitrate should be less than 40. If any of these levels are off it can cause stress to them and can cause them to stop eating. They can also develop other issues and if ammonia is high it can kill them etc. test strip kits are not always reliable, most people here use the API master test kit that uses little glass vials and liquid bottles of testing solution.

As far as alternatives to earthworms, the best and most nutritious if you are not able to feed earthworms would be soft sinking carnivore pellets made for amphibians. If they do not carry any in your pet stores a lot of people order them online.

chlorin 0
ph 6,2
alkalinity 0-40
cyanurik 0
i do a water change every sunday. i keep one 5 of the pervios tank water, so i dont think amonia is the problem,

 

[Diame]

she's started eating again! VICTORY FOR HUMANITY!

i think i found the culpret to my problem. im finding blue gravel in my tank. :I i guess she and the others has it in their guts. ive never really paid much attention to their extrument but there it is. i hope she has passed most of it now.

im not to curnsern now, just need to fatten her up a bit and everything will be ok i hope

thanks for all the help :3