JonJorda
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Hi, as the title describes I'm having some issues with one of my axolotls. I keep two of them together and they are both young adults or just entering maturity now. I have a golden albino in a leucistic. It is the leucistic one I'm having trouble with, the golden albino showing no symptoms of anything and eating regularly.
I cannot get him to eat, it's been about 11 days. I try nightcrawlers every other day. I used to do the salmon pellets but honestly they do not eat them and at this point it's just contributing to water quality issues.
The leucistic axolotl has been lying on his side pretty much looking dead. I will have to give him a poke just to see if he's still with us. Additionally he is turning red. I'll include a few pictures but honestly I'm not the best when it comes to taking pictures of a moving axolotl. This redness is largely located on his tail and legs. There was absolutely no redness here about a week ago. Additionally I noticed that the tip of his gills, the feather part only, is turning pure white.
As far as water parameters go I did have a small ammonia Spike because I forgot to change water one week. I believe it maxed out at 2 PPM and is currently somewhere around 0.5 PPM with 10 to 20% water changes every night or every other night depending on where the numbers are.
I suppose my question here is is this just stress because of the ammonia Spike or has stress lead to an infection of some sort? I'm mostly concerned with the complete color change and the playing dead Behavior. I've had him for a few months and I can tell the difference between him just sitting and relaxing and laying on his side looking like he's dead. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much
I cannot get him to eat, it's been about 11 days. I try nightcrawlers every other day. I used to do the salmon pellets but honestly they do not eat them and at this point it's just contributing to water quality issues.
The leucistic axolotl has been lying on his side pretty much looking dead. I will have to give him a poke just to see if he's still with us. Additionally he is turning red. I'll include a few pictures but honestly I'm not the best when it comes to taking pictures of a moving axolotl. This redness is largely located on his tail and legs. There was absolutely no redness here about a week ago. Additionally I noticed that the tip of his gills, the feather part only, is turning pure white.
As far as water parameters go I did have a small ammonia Spike because I forgot to change water one week. I believe it maxed out at 2 PPM and is currently somewhere around 0.5 PPM with 10 to 20% water changes every night or every other night depending on where the numbers are.
I suppose my question here is is this just stress because of the ammonia Spike or has stress lead to an infection of some sort? I'm mostly concerned with the complete color change and the playing dead Behavior. I've had him for a few months and I can tell the difference between him just sitting and relaxing and laying on his side looking like he's dead. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much