Ick????

[Holly12]

Iridescent spots?

Are these the iridescent spots Axie's get when they are adults? They are only along his tail. At first, I thought they were bumps.

 

[Kenchi]

Re: Iridescent spots?

Those are pretty normal spots; my friend's young axie has speckles like that; it's more so of a golden speckled albino axie though.

 

[Holly12]

Re: Iridescent spots?

They do almost look like they are under the skin.....but kinda bumpy too. Is this normal? Almost like pimples?

 

[Holly12]

Is this ick?

Some are iridescent spots it seems but some are almost like bumps.

How do I treat it? He's already got black tea in the tank to stop fungus from toe injury.

 

[artistea]

Normale per i leucocisti.
Io mi preoccupererei di più delle creste e delle lacerazioni che ha sulla coda.
Sono sintomo di carenze alimentari.
Il tuo axo sembra ok ma forse devi fargli una dieta più varia.

 

[Holly12]

I don't speak Italian. I can't understand everything you said

He eats night crawlers which are nutritionally whole. He refuses all pellets and other foods.

The while lumps are new. I know the irridescent spots are normal, but the white lumps aren't.

 

[Wysper]

The pictures aren't very clear. Can you get some clearer one's of his tail?

I don't think it's ich, though I could be wrong.

 

[Phoenixcry]

Normale per i leucocisti.
Io mi preoccupererei di più delle creste e delle lacerazioni che ha sulla coda.
Sono sintomo di carenze alimentari.
Il tuo axo sembra ok ma forse devi fargli una dieta più varia.

"That's normal for a leucistic.
I'd be more worried about the ridges and lacerations on the tail.
They are symptomatic of food shortages.
I think your axie looks okay, but I'd offer him a more varied diet."

 

[Holly12]

Those are as clear as I can get with the tea making the water dim if he wanders by the front I can try again.

There aren't any lacerations on his tail.....the final part was just sitting weird on the rock and made it curl. He's the only axie in the tank and he gets 2 big night crawlers every other day.

 

[Phoenixcry]

From the pic I thought there was a chunk out of his tail as well, but I can see now that it's a trick of that rock being in front and behind.

PS- I hit up google translate to see what he had posted.

 

[Bellabelloo]

Re: Iridescent spots?

They do almost look like they are under the skin.....but kinda bumpy too. Is this normal? Almost like pimples?

I've merged the two posts as some of the photo's are clearer than others.
I don't think that these are iridophores, but may be a type of fungus. Have a look through the forum search button for fungus / axolotl/ bumps.

 

[auntiejude]

There is nothing wrong - the shiny spots are iridophores and the white bumps are paratoid glands that produce slime coat.

 

[Holly12]

Even if the bumps weren't there before? Or if they start to spread up the body, it's normal?

When I Google those glands, I can't find anything for axies.

 

[Holly12]

Here are some clearer pics from today. They don't "seem" to have spread. He has the normal shiny flat spots clustered at the tail tip, a bit of tail pinkNess (which I assume is normal since no one said otherwise when I made a past thread,) some tail veins and then the white bumps. They are not fuzzy. Just under the skin lumps.

 

[Holly12]

Here's some new pics of the Stelly Belly. The iridophores are still there and the white bumps are too, but I don't think they have spread. Toes are improving. They are black now but not as bony.

 

[Holly12]

Stelly spends his days sitting like this in the two front corners, or down at the bottom at the back. He used to spend all his time in his cave..... is this normal?

 

[Bellabelloo]

Yes Typical axolotl behaviour is to perch/ pose in peculiar spots and positions.

 

[Holly12]

Cool. He never used to. It's kinda funny.