Anaemia

[joão]

Hi, can someone please tell me, how can I cure anaemia in axolotls, is it like in humans, do axolotls have lack of some vitamin , protein ...? I´m going to try to see if I can find out for myself , but if someone could help me out I would be thankful.

 

[cynthia]

João - Do you have soft water?

From http://www.axolotl.org


If you live in a hard water area, the chances are that you've seen limescale in your kettle or pipes. This is caused by the deposition of dissolved salts of calcium and magnesium on the heating element of the kettle and the inside surface of the pipes. Soft water contains little dissolved salts, while hard water contains signficant amounts. There tends to be a correlation between soft water and acidic pH, and hard water and alkaline pH. This is because these minerals affect the chemical equilibrium in the water (discussed in a simple form in the pH section).

Axolotls prefer somewhat hard water, and those that live in soft ware will often suffer from temporary anaemia - the animal becomes pale and its gills lose their colouration for a few minutes or hours. This is not a dangerous condition but it can be prevented by supplementing the hardness of the water with added salts.

 

[joão]

thank´s cynthia, after I posted this message I went to axolotl.org and read about it , thank´s anyway.