Illness/Sickness: Paralysed/lethargic axolotl for no apparent reason???

[axolodemia]

yeah maybe if you'd actually read what i wrote, rather than jumping down my throat about saying that it's okay to flush cheap fish, you'd stop complaining. i didn't start getting negative until people came at me, saying i was being inhumane. these are all hypothetical scenarios. i didn't tell anyone to light their fish on fire and throw them at passing cars. sometimes fish need to be flushed. get over it.

op, good luck with your dying axolotl.

 

[Chinadog]

In 30 years of keeping fish and other aquatic creatures I've never been in a situation where I'd consider flushing a live fish. To advise somebody to flush healthy fish to solve an overcrowding problem is a disgrace.
I was all for giving you the benefit of doubt while dealing with the first complaints against you and actually took your side, but they're really starting to rack up now, in fact almost every thread you post in seems to degenerate into you aggressively defending the terrible advice you give. This forum is primarily for education and conservation, not half baked theory and guess work.
I don't think I've ever given negative rep to anybody, complaints on this forum are that rare and I'm very hard to offend, but I'm sorely tempted at the moment.

 

[axolodemia]

In 30 years of keeping fish and other aquatic creatures I've never been in a situation where I'd consider flushing a live fish. To advise somebody to flush healthy fish to solve an overcrowding problem is a disgrace.
I was all for giving you the benefit of doubt while dealing with the first complaints against you and actually took your side, but they're really starting to rack up now, in fact almost every thread you post in seems to degenerate into you aggressively defending the terrible advice you give. This forum is primarily for education and conservation, not half baked theory and guess work.
I don't think I've ever given negative rep to anybody, complaints on this forum are that rare and I'm very hard to offend, but I'm sorely tempted at the moment.

again, for the dozenth time, i only presented flushing as a last resort, after giving them away or placing them in a separate aquarium.

continued presence of the fish presnted a clear danger to the already injured axolotl.

you're all saying that flushing is inhumane and presented the option of a more humane method of euthanasia. i looked at your culture article about euthanasia. everything in there involved using some sort of chemical (some of which are hard for average hobbyists to obtain) to poison the fish. i ask how this is different from exposing them to the chemicals in the sewage system.

i stand by all of my previous statements.

 

[Chinadog]

again, for the dozenth time, i only presented flushing as a last resort, after giving them away or placing them in a separate aquarium.

continued presence of the fish presnted a clear danger to the already injured axolotl.

you're all saying that flushing is inhumane and presented the option of a more humane method of euthanasia. i looked at your culture article about euthanasia. everything in there involved using some sort of chemical (some of which are hard for average hobbyists to obtain) to poison the fish. i ask how this is different from exposing them to the chemicals in the sewage system.

i stand by all of my previous statements.

I rest my case.

 

[xxianxx]

QUOTE=Chinadog;460261]I rest my case.[/QUOTE]

I'm surprised at your tolerance, I would have booted the little snot earlier lol. To the OP, temp needs dropping asap, it could be the cause of the problems. Excessive temp may not kill straight away but it increases the chances of illness and long term it will have an impact.