Worry about my mew axolotl, any suggestions ?

[Korney Volkov]

Hello !

i bought my 2nd axolotl, first one lives in tank for ~2 years and feels fine. so i decided to buy another one

1 week since he is under quarantine in small tank.
i've put some mycopur and baktopur for prophylaxy in the water,
everyday 30-50% water changes (water is~19-21 degrees),
+ vitamines (sera fishtamin).
eats very good (earthworms, shrimps, sera nova lotl xl, grigs)
looks skinny and pale, but i hope it is the question of time
paces along the tank,
excreted 3 stones (about 0.3cm3 each),
very nervous on touching and disturbing

and in total now i'm ready to put him into the big tank (100L)
but i worry a bit about the appearance of his gills
it was difficult to determine on first sight, but after 1 week i find them just damaged, with no fungus or whatever dangerous for 2nd axolotl
please take a look on the pics and let me know whether his is ok or not

thanks in advance

 

[Korney Volkov]

and also i worry about the black (grey?) dots along his body, but i had the same issue with my first axolotl, and after the time they dissappeared
are they dangerous ?

 

[Korney Volkov]

and i tried to do salt baths (3 times), but after them he was so nervous and started to swim along the tank on his sidepiece, and finally fallen on his spine on the bottom of tank and freezed
i frightened and turned him to the normal position, after that there were no any unusual actions
so i stopped salt bathing

 

[auntiejude]

Please stop treating you axies for imaginary illnesses - there is nothing wrong!

You axolotl is leucistic which means it will have some grey/black coloured spots over its head, gills, spine and maybe its ribs. These markings may come and go.

Axolotls absorb chemicals through their skin, and salt irritates them, so you really want to avoid these unless they are really needed.

 

[Korney Volkov]

I can explain, I decided to keep him in quarantine because 1 year ago I bought young axololt and brought fungus into the big tank.
That's why now I prefer to keep everything safe

 

[auntiejude]

Yes, quarantine is a good idea, but you will never stop fungus! You don't need to treat a new axie for an illness or an infection it hasn't got.

 

[Sweetie]

It is always best to be careful when introducing anything new into a tank - live plants, new lotls or whatever. However, an effective quarantine should usually last for about a month not a week. So if you are concerned, you should keep your new lotl separate for another few weeks before introducing it into the tank with your other axie.

I am also assuming there is no significant size difference between the two axies, as otherwise there is a danger of the smaller axie being nipped by the larger one - that would certainly be a danger to those gills!

And Auntie Jude is right - your axie looks perfectly healthy to me and there is certainly no need to give any axie salt baths unless you are certain it has a fungal condition.

 

[Korney Volkov]

there is size difference, i suppose 24cm vs. 16-18cm