gizmo84
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Hi I recently brought our 1st axolotl for my dayghters birthday 3 weeks ago. It is quiet small (around 2") and the pet shop sold it less than half price because they dont keep small ones and wanted rid I had the tank set up for a week before we got him. He has been happy in the tank but has spent alot of the time floating at the top since day one (dont no if this is normal) It is an albino and was completely white when we got it, a few days ago it started getting colour on its gills. Yesterday however I came home from work and thought it was dead! The day before it looked normal and active and now it was floating at the top and looks like its disintigrating, I touched it and it didnt move. Its skins peeling everywhere! I left it in there so my daughter could say goodbye to it. This morning my daughter came home from her friends and we were about to get him out when suddenly he dived to the bottom of the tank then back up! He really doesnt look good. Im not sure how to upload pics. What can I do to help him? I've had a google and put him in fresh water in the fridge but cant find anything like how he looks. He has a 30 litre plastic tank, no substrate, a cave and a cube rock thing. I have been changing about 20% of the water in the tank every few days. I have been using tap water that has been left sitting for a few days. He has been eating frozen blood worm and a few worms, he doesnt eat unless I wiggle it infront of him. Sorry for the long 1st post! x