Male too young?!

[Astrid0102]

I'm pretty sure one of my males has started dropping s'phores. But he was 2" when I got him August 20th so surely he's way too young??? He's been floating a lot recently and frantically trying to reach the bottom. I don't want to remove him from the tank because one day he's fine then the next he'll be floating and so on, so I think constantly removing him will be even more stressful?? But if he's reached sexual maturity so early cos this be why he's having problems?

 

[Daryna]

I'm not sure about the spermatophores all I can say is that I read somewhere that males can reach maturity at as young as 6 months old. As for the floating they just gulp up air and float around I have 2 who love doing that too and they are perfectly fine. Just watch them and enjoy I sometimes give mine a bit of a back rub when they do that

 

[Astrid0102]

This is what I think is a s'phore. Plus his 'area' is a bit open

 

[auntiejude]

Doesn't look like a spermatophore to me. And your axie looks like a very young male, not fully mature yet.

 

[Astrid0102]

Oh, that's not the axolotl. But they are the same age. But the other one is a lot bigger it eats way more