Can My Axolotl Be Helped?

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So my axolotl Kraken is 7 years old and almost completely healthy. Ever since she was about 3 though she has had a growing number of spots on her skin. I’ve tried looking up what could be causing them for quite a while, to no avail. my water parameters are good, except for the water here naturally being pretty hard and alkaline. She eats fine and shows no odd behavior or signs of stress and I’m more or less just trying to see if anything is actually wrong and if I can help her. At first I assumed they were a type of fungus but salt baths didn’t seem to reduce them. now I wonder if this could just be her coloration? all help is appreciated
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unless they are raised (which it doesn't look like they are) it could be normal loss of pigmentation due to having a luci or an albino in her genealogy.
having hard water is good as it is closer to the original environments natural water conditions which is quite healthy for them (obviously not the human damaged environment conditions though)
 
thank you, I know she has melanoid and albino genetics so that puts me at ease:) and good to know the hard water isn’t something to worry about
 
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