tubbing: is an air stone necessary? stressed axolotls

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Hello!
So I have 2 axolotls in tubs in about 3 gallons of water due to a tank crash. They are juveniles so I feed them every day, they are set up separately and both have a bubbler and a fan blowing on them,( I had hides for them and a live plant but it kept getting a clear slime so I had to take them out ) every night I feed them and 30 mins later do their water change/scrub their tubs and I leave their bubblers off until morning. They both have signs of stress, they still eat/poop regularly and act I don’t think it’s severe stress. I am wondering is a bubbler even necessary? Is it causing more stress than even needed oxygen? Is there a way to help hold back the current caused by a bubbler? I just have the basic little air stone bubblers. They have 3 gallons of water and I change their water every single day. Should I take the bubblers out?
 
I personally do not add airstones to any of my tubs unless I am treating with a product that makes oxygen less available.

Axolotls have multiple ways to breathe and they do not need the aeration when changing the water daily
 
If the regular aquarium is big enough (15 to 20 gallons) I'd just put the two juveniles in the bigger tank and try to fast track the biological filter.
 
michael said:
If the regular aquarium is big enough (15 to 20 gallons) I'd just put the two juveniles in the bigger tank and try to fast track the biological filter.
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It’s a 20L gallon but I tried that and they got stressed so I’ve been tubbing them ever since, it’s been like a month and a half. The water test results were ammonia 0.5ppm nitrites 1.0ppm and nitrates 80ppm
 
You should never through them in - Axolotls are way to sensitive and its cruel.

You are doing the right thing - it takes time testing dosing ammonia etc.

AlexisJG said:
It’s a 20L gallon but I tried that and they got stressed so I’ve been tubbing them ever since, it’s been like a month and a half. The water test results were ammonia 0.5ppm nitrites 1.0ppm and nitrates 80ppm
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