My wild-type juviniles have gold sparkly gills?

[JodieBromilow]

Just an update on my 2 juvinile axolotl's with sparkly gills, they now have sparkly bodies . The photo's dont really do them any justice, i'll try get some more better photos soon.

 

[Loobylou]

The shiny gold gills don't seem to be that unusual in the UK. I've had many with shiny gills all from unrelated parents. The attachments I've added are of a juvenile we raised from a wild/leucistic cross, and the other is one we've had for a couple of years that came from a local pet-shop.

There was someone selling these on Ebay a couple of months ago as a 'rare new colour morph' for around £50 a pop. Even worse, people were paying it! Madness!

 

[pondweed]

These guys are very sweet-looking. It looks like they've got a crown/corona/halo. Are the flecks/iridiophores appearing on them actually reflective? (Newbie question!) If they are, it must look like they've rolled in glitter!

 

[Alkylhalide]

My wild type has very shiny gills at first i thought there was something wrong then i realised it was just how it is. I wish i could get a good picture ofhisgills to show!

Edit: this is the best i could find!

 

[Morrison]

I had a wildtype like that too!