My two baby axies are acting so different

[niccccc]

My babies are about 2months old. But there are now acting so different to each other, I worry if it is my tank's problem, or it is just they have different personalities.

My white albino is acting so active specially today, it just keeps swimming all around, stop for a while then walks/swims left and right, up and down again. My white baby never go up to the surface so Im guessing it is not about lacking of oxygen?

My wild-type, on the other hand, is barely moves a bit, spends most of the time hiding in the pipe or behind the filter, but lately I found it has some white spots on its body, not sure are those just some kindda patterns or my axie is actually sick.

 

[keiko]

It could be just normal behavior or there could be something wrong with the water. Test your water parameters to be sure they're fine (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate), that's always the first step if you suspect something might be wrong. Don't forget to check the temperature either.

The lighter spots on the wild type look normal to me in those photos.

 

[niccccc]

It could be just normal behavior or there could be something wrong with the water. Test your water parameters to be sure they're fine (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate), that's always the first step if you suspect something might be wrong. Don't forget to check the temperature either.

The lighter spots on the wild type look normal to me in those photos.

How can I test my water parameters and what is normal to axies? I seems couldnt find a thread about this.

I fed them just now, (I feed them once a day with half block of frozen bloodworms for each, and I will take them out from the tank to prevent from lowing water quality. They both eat even I took them out) they both seems so not usual to me.

White axie just constantly moves in the container, which he never did before, I couldnt feed the rest to him as he is not stopping (but he indeed has aten almost all bloodworms I gave him but just a few left).

And my wild-type just like dead after aten his half block. He didnt react at all even I moved some more bloodworms in fornt of him or touch him.

They are acting extremely different really worried me a lot. I hope it is just they have different personality but not sick.

 

[niccccc]

the white spots on my wild-type.

 

[keiko]

You need to get a liquid water test kit asap. I use Api fresh water master test kit for example, it's easy to use and it is pretty popular.
Have you read about cycling and have you cycled the tank? Basically when there is an axie in the tank it produces wastes -> ammonia (toxic). Good bacteria convert the ammonia to nitrite (still toxic) and another type of good bacteria takes the nitrite and converts it to nitrate (only bad in high concentrations). Then you need to do weekly water changes to keep the nitrate level in check. This process is called the (nitrogen) cycle. In a cycled tank ammonia and nitrite are always 0 and nitrite should stay under 40 ppm, anything else is bad. Cycling a tank essentially means growing bacteria in there (in the filter and on all the surfaces in the tank) so that there's enough of it to take care of all the ammonia and nitrite the axies produce.
This is one of the most important things to understand so you can make sure your axies have long and happy lives. It may sound difficult at first but is actually quite simple once you get a hang of it.

 

[niccccc]

I do 6-9L water change every 3-4 days for my 35L tank. My tank is pretty new just about 2weeks old. Is me changing the water too frequently or any other reasons? But they are acting so diffetent, I cant figure out a problem will cause different reaction with axies.

But I will definately go grab a test kit the first thing tomorrow. Just too worried to get sleep, dont want anything happen to my babies.

 

[keiko]

In a cycled tank ammonia and nitrite are always 0 and nitrite should stay under 40 ppm, anything else is bad.

Just noticed I made a typo. That should say ammonia and nitrite 0, and nitrAte under 40 ppm.

Since your tank is only 2 weeks old I assume it's not cycled yet. The water parameters can go bad pretty quickly in an uncycled tank so getting a test kit first thing tomorrow is good. Some axies are more sensitive than others so they may act differently. Or if they are very small the water might stay fine with the water changes you've been doing and it's just their normal behavior. But usually in an uncycled tank you need to do daily water changes to make sure the water parameters stay fine.