Axolotl skin infection i think

Hi Stephen,

When your axie is returned to their tank, its okay to have it bare-bottomed. There doesn't have to be any substrate.

This way, by using a turkey baster you can immediately remove any poo/uneaten food which will stop the ammonia fluctuations in your tank.

If you want a substrate for decoration purposes, I think sand is best. You can still see any poo etc, and you don't have you lift any rocks to get under neath to clean.

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How is your axie doing now?

From the photo you took, he looked a little pink to me, what is the temperature of your water normally?
 
Well after a 3 days of treatment, im not sure how much better he is, the stuff that was on his back has gone, but the fungus underneath his gills seems more pronounced and he does not want to eat.

he has been in the fridge in 2 litres of fresh water, twice a day i take him out and bathe him in a 1.5 litres of cold water with 3 teaspoons of salt, he stays in there for 10 minutes and then i put him back in the fridge. and every morning i change the water that he is in the fridge with.

what should i do??
i'd take a photo but all the photos i take come out very blurry with my digital camera, what settings do you guys use?

thanks
stephen
 
Why are you using 3 teaspoons of salt?

I thought it was supposed to be 1 teaspoon of salt to every litre.

That's what I've been doing - is that wrong?
 
to be honest im not sure, looking around the site there is a lot of disagreement about what type of salt should be used, (iodised, low sodium, sea salt, kosher salt, aqaurium salt) and how much, some people saying 2 litres 2 teaspoons in effect one teaspoon per litre.
but on the health page it says

Holtfreter's solution in higher than normal concentrations is also effective against Columnaris, as is the use of a salt bath. Place the animal in a salt bath for about 10 minutes once or twice a day. A salt bath is prepared using 2-3 teaspoons of salt (table salt, cooking salt, or iodized salt, but not "low" or "low-sodium" salt) per litre/two pints. Don't leave the Axolotl in the salt bath for more than 15 minutes each time, because the salt will start to damage the Axolotl's skin and particularly its gills. Of course, this is all useless if the animal is still under stress when put back in its aquarium (strong-flowing water, high water temperature, bad water quality, etc....).

and thats what i have been doing. using 2 teaspoons per litre and im not sure if it has been effective because after 3 days of baths, there are still large clumps under bananamans gills and i am begining to get worried
 
I found Blood in his bucket today, and the fungus is worse then ever can someone please help me, I am going away for 20 days in a weeks time and i dont want to leave a sick such a sick axie in the care of a friend who will be unable to resolve the situation.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?????? this is very urgent!!!
 
if i were you id teach your freind how to make salt baths. id use the salt bath directions that are on www.axolotl.org, id also buy some medications from the petstore, but make sure they are safe for axies. good luck, keep up the salt baths.
 
Stephen, keep up with the salt baths for a few more days.

It should be helping, but after only 3 days you may not be able to notice a difference.
 
about the directions on axolotl.org, could someone please give me a qualified answer. when it says here

Holtfreter's solution in higher than normal concentrations is also effective against Columnaris, as is the use of a salt bath. Place the animal in a salt bath for about 10 minutes once or twice a day. A salt bath is prepared using 2-3 teaspoons of salt (table salt, cooking salt, or iodized salt, but not "low" or "low-sodium" salt) per litre/two pints. Don't leave the Axolotl in the salt bath for more than 15 minutes each time, because the salt will start to damage the Axolotl's skin and particularly its gills. Of course, this is all useless if the animal is still under stress when put back in its aquarium (strong-flowing water, high water temperature, bad water quality, etc....).

is this exactly what i should do, as there is conflicting advice about whether or not to use 1 or 2 or 3 teaspoons of salt.

what should i do about the blood?

secondly could there be an adverse side effects of any of the medications from the fish shop

and i had a thought when going through my medicine cupboard (stupid mosquitos) i noticed an antifungal treatment that is based on tea tree oil, has anyone tried using somthing like that in small doeses.

thanks a lot everyone,

merry christmas
 
The 2-3 teaspoons are a "better" theraputic levels than one, the one teaspoon is often what is recommended by pet stores to treat fish.

There isn't much you can do about the blood other than to remove it via a water change.
Yes there can be significant and serious side effects from using over the counter medicines as a shotgun treatment.
Do a search of the forum and its archives for tea tree oils.....

Ed
 
Hi guys. I'm also having problems as stephen is. My axie seems to have a fungal problem on his mouth. He's not eating. Yesterday his mouth at first looked like it had been cut or battered but today it looks like fungus. What should i do. I'm planning on salt bathing him using Holtfreter's solution. Can anyone help please? and Stephen good luck with your axie.
 
harold, i am no expert but good advice is too put your axie in the fridge in a ice cream tub and keep him there untill the fungus gets better and too change the water daily. when doing a salt bath make sure to use water that has been kept in the fridge and is the same temperature as the water the fish has been in. it is suggested to put 2 teaspoons per litre of regular table salt and to keep your fish in it for a maximum of 10 minutes it has helped quite a bit for my fish but it has taken a week to see improvement,

Axolotls dont like there water hotter then 24 degrees and as you live in cairns that might prove a challenge to keep it that cool, there are posts around here suggesting ice fill water bottles to keep the temperatures down

good luck harold

now onto me

im not sure whether or not i should be happy but the gill that had most of the fungus on it fell off on its own accord, there is still quite a bit under his gill on the other side of him though,

a feq questions

is there anything i should do to make sure that the other side doesnt get fungus again?

i am keeping the salt baths up, but my fish hasnt eaten in ages (7 days) what should i do?

when i am away i am not sure how to keep him,
i will need to put him in a smallish sort of tank that i can't add a filter too, how often should the water be changed, and how often?

he has been in the fridge for about a week, how much longer should he stay there?

thanks
 
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