Question: What is this?

[haydenad]

Today I found this on some plants in my tank, what is it? I fished it out with a spoon and set it in a dish. I'm pretty sure my axolotl is a male because their cloaca is real swollen, so i don't think this would be an egg thing but who knows?

 

[Wysper]

It almost looks like a poop surrounded by a fungus?

Or a sperm encased poop?

Not really sure, but those are my ideas.

 

[Niels D]

That's probably feces encased in a fungus living of it. You see the typical "final squeeze point" with a lot of salamander poops.

 

[haydenad]

Interesting.... Now I'm just curious how the heck it ended up ~halfway up the tank!

 

[Wysper]

If you found it on some plants, that is not uncommon at all. I usually find poops left high up on the plants. They like to "rest" on the leaves.... and aren't you more likely to poop if you are rested??

 

[haydenad]

Interesting, Frank spends most of his time on the ground so he must've been feeling an adventurous poop!

Thanks everyone!