Illness/Sickness: Problems with my little one

[daremo]

Hi!

I went on holidays for 10 days and left my two axies with a friend... when I came back I found a dead earthworm in my small axie's tank, probably dead for more than a day...

the axies share a big tank divided

also the little one is refusing to eat, he used to eat eagerly and now he spits back the worms!!
yesterday I gave him 4 reptomin sticks, that he ate without problems, because I didn't know how long he was off food, but today he seems like a little bloated, like fat...

should I do something, or let him be and see if he poops?
he's also very quiet...

 

[iChris]

pictures of said axolotls and tank would be helpful, as would water chemistry.

I hope its nothing too serious.

 

[daremo]

pictures of said axolotls and tank would be helpful, as would water chemistry.

I hope its nothing too serious.

ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 12.5 mg/l

PH 7.5

temp 22 C

my older axie is doing fine...

he's also pointing his gills forward, and he never does... :'(

 

[Kaysie]

Sometimes axolotls get picky, and start refusing a type of food. Try offering different kinds of worms, or even reptomin sticks in a pinch. Anything to get him eating again.

Your tank is a little warm. Is there any way you can cool it? Also, what kind of filtration do you have? Is there a lot of flow in your tank?

 

[daremo]

hi, thanks!!

actually my tank is always at 22 in summer, with A/C on all the time... there's no way to get it cooler really... and it hasn't been a problem at all so far (I have a golden since 1 year and she seems happy and normal...)
there's no flow, the tank has a HOB filter with a sponge to diffuse the flow, but the filter is in the other side (the tank is divided with an acrylic so my two axies are separated, the filter is on the bigger side where the older golden lives) and where the little one lives there's an air pump (another one in the other side)

he was always very active and eating a lot, I left and when I came back he was refusing the worms... I am trying to get regular earthworms to try (he usually gets red wrigglers), he's eating reptomin but I think I gave him too many (4 sticks yesterday) and now he's like that ... :'(

 

[zoezakella]

Hope your axie picks up soon Daremo sorry I cant offer any advice other than to keep trying with the food x

 

[daremo]

thanks Zoe!!

I just came home and he was swimming... now he's like resting on a plant
I don't see that he had pooped so I will wait until tomorrow to feed him again I guess...

I also gave my other axie a worm and she ate it happily so it's not the worms that are bad...

I'll keep you guys updated, thanks for your help!

 

[zoezakella]

How's your axie doing Daremo? x

 

[daremo]

he's eating reptomin sticks
swimming and acting quite normal...

tomorrow I will try regular earthworms (I usually feed them red wrigglers) and see how it goes...

 

[daremo]

good news!! he ate a little earthworm (regular one)

could he have gotten picky about his food??

 

[zoezakella]

Yeh great news Daremo am pleased for you guys Could be we do sometimes heh