Dealing with salt baths

[Turtle Poop]

I've completed my 4th salt bath and she is not eating. She hasn't now for 3 days. She's in her tub atm. She also seems weaker than when I started. The fungus appears to have fallen off her gills but she still has discoloration on body. Anything I can do?

 

[wolfen]

is the tank cycled and ready for her, don't do any more salt baths,
what is the water temperature?
she needs to be kept as cool as possible.
a grey dusting is common in mels.
add 2g salt per litre to all water used to keep any fungus at bay. this can be increased to 3g if there are any signs of fungus.
right now she's just laid eggs not long ago so she will be knackered anyway, everything else would just have been additional, put a couple of blocks of bloodworm or brine shrimp in the water over night to try tempting her.
axolotls can go for quite a while without eating.

 

[Turtle Poop]

is the tank cycled and ready for her, don't do any more salt baths,
what is the water temperature?
she needs to be kept as cool as possible.
a grey dusting is common in mels.
add 2g salt per litre to all water used to keep any fungus at bay. this can be increased to 3g if there are any signs of fungus.
right now she's just laid eggs not long ago so she will be knackered anyway, everything else would just have been additional, put a couple of blocks of bloodworm or brine shrimp in the water over night to try tempting her.
axolotls can go for quite a while without eating.

Her eggs were laid March 13th. Her main tank is cycled. I just finished about 40% water change in it. Nitrates were 30 so that tank is all good now. She's not in there though, she's in a tub. Her main tank has my other female in it that just laid eggs April 10th. I realize this is odd but my axolotls don't really care for bloodworms. Every once on a great while will any of them take to them. The one that's in tub, I did get her to take a tiny piece of earthworm as she bit for the full one but spit it out. She hasn't touched anything since. I have had a small bit of bloodworm and worm in tub since around 11 today. Her temp in her tub is 60-61°F.
About the salt in the main tank, I don't think I will be able to do that. It would require me to need the use of a 5gal bucket that I can not lift. I use a python so that I can do my hobby all by myself. I'd be terribly afraid of getting to much build up of salt in the tank.
You said to stop the salt baths. I'm only on day 2 kinda lol I started at night so she's had 4 total so far and next is scheduled for tonight. Are you saying to put her back in the main tank?

 

[wolfen]

Her eggs were laid March 13th. Her main tank is cycled. I just finished about 40% water change in it. Nitrates were 30 so that tank is all good now. She's not in there though, she's in a tub. Her main tank has my other female in it that just laid eggs April 10th. I realize this is odd but my axolotls don't really care for bloodworms. Every once on a great while will any of them take to them. The one that's in tub, I did get her to take a tiny piece of earthworm as she bit for the full one but spit it out. She hasn't touched anything since. I have had a small bit of bloodworm and worm in tub since around 11 today. Her temp in her tub is 60-61°F.
About the salt in the main tank, I don't think I will be able to do that. It would require me to need the use of a 5gal bucket that I can not lift. I use a python so that I can do my hobby all by myself. I'd be terribly afraid of getting to much build up of salt in the tank.
You said to stop the salt baths. I'm only on day 2 kinda lol I started at night so she's had 4 total so far and next is scheduled for tonight. Are you saying to put her back in the main tank?

if the tank is ok then allowing her back in the tank may be the best thing for her, at the end of the day it is your call to make if you feel that she would be better of tubbed that is up to you, the reason I say to put her back in the tank is because it will be less stressful then daily water changes, also if all the fungus has fallen off then it would be just as stressful to continue salt baths, perhaps having catappa/almond leaves in the water would be more beneficially as a anti-bacterial.
I can understand if you are unsure of tank capacity it can be quite daunting not being sure on amounts. I use a 25litre bucket myself to do water changes and going from one room to another repeatedly does make your arm/hand ache. when I'm refiling I measure and dissolve any salts and minerals into the bucket before adding to the tank.

 

[Turtle Poop]

if the tank is ok then allowing her back in the tank may be the best thing for her, at the end of the day it is your call to make if you feel that she would be better of tubbed that is up to you, the reason I say to put her back in the tank is because it will be less stressful then daily water changes, also if all the fungus has fallen off then it would be just as stressful to continue salt baths, perhaps having catappa/almond leaves in the water would be more beneficially as a anti-bacterial.
I can understand if you are unsure of tank capacity it can be quite daunting not being sure on amounts. I use a 25litre bucket myself to do water changes and going from one room to another repeatedly does make your arm/hand ache. when I'm refiling I measure and dissolve any salts and minerals into the bucket before adding to the tank.

I only have about 20% use of my entire right arm so even my 1gal of water in tubs for the babies and her are challenging. That's why I choose to try the python with extreme caution. It would make a silly video though. I turn on the spicket on a slow flow then go as fast as I can trying not to trip over the tubing to get the prime in there before 1 drop of water hits the tank. Then run back to get it turned off so I don't have a disastrous flood.
As far as the salt baths go. I'm so unsure (continue or not to continue) I'm getting a bit overwhelmed and consumed at this point with everything I have going on with these guys on top of 2 separate cluthes. I gave her a little hide in her tub and she has stayed there mostly. I will try to get pics and post from b4 and now... if you don't mind sharing your opinions. It might just be I'm losing my mind a bit. Paranoid that they are all got something wrong with them. I watched gamers wife's video along with many many more and articles. From it I was convinced that treatment should be done for 1 week then keep her in tub for an additional week to make sure fungus stays gone. I'm with you as in I'm thinking she's depressed and only thing that will make her happy is going back home to her main tank. I really appreciate your advice.

 

[Turtle Poop]

These 2 pics are before

 

[Turtle Poop]

These 2 pics are before

These are now pics..please oh please ignore the gross food. Trying to decide what I'm doing before I clean it out.

 

[wolfen]

I only have about 20% use of my entire right arm so even my 1gal tubs are challenging. That's why I choose to try the python with extreme caution. It would make a silly video though. I turn on the spicket on a slow flow then go as fast as I can trying not to trip over the tubing to get the prime in there before 1 drop of water hits the tank. Then run back to get it turned off so I don't have a disastrous flood.
As far as the salt baths go. I'm so unsure (continue or not to continue) I'm getting a bit overwhelmed and consumed at this point with everything I have going on with these guys. I gave her a little hide in her tub and she has stay there mostly. I will try to get pics and post from b4 and now if you don't mind sharing your opinions. It might just be I'm losing my mind a bit. Paranoid that they are all got something wrong with them. I watched gamers wife's video along with many many more and articles. From it I was convinced that treatment should be done for 1 week then keep her in tub for an additional week to make sure fungus stays gone. I'm with you as in I'm thinking she's depressed and only thing that will make her happy is going back home to her main tank.

one trick is to fill the bucket then add dechlorinater swirl it around to make sure the water is good then get a pond/aquarium pump and use it to pump the water from the bucket into the tank allowing you more time to dechlorinate the water without having to worry about getting chlorinated water in the tank.
mels do seem to get a dusty grey coating on them, it does seem quite common although it doesn't seem to affect them or spread.
I can understand wanting to be sure the fungus is gone so I can understand doing it for a week, if you are going to consider continuing salt baths then reducing salt amount might be less stressful.

 

[Turtle Poop]

one trick is to fill the bucket then add dechlorinater swirl it around to make sure the water is good then get a pond/aquarium pump and use it to pump the water from the bucket into the tank allowing you more time to dechlorinate the water without having to worry about getting chlorinated water in the tank.
mels do seem to get a dusty grey coating on them, it does seem quite common although it doesn't seem to affect them or spread.
I can understand wanting to be sure the fungus is gone so I can understand doing it for a week, if you are going to consider continuing salt baths then reducing salt amount might be less stressful.

My 2nd clutch decided to start hatching....
What I ended up doing is giving her another normal salt bath @ the 8tsp salt per her 1 gallon tub then she came over to me begging to go back home with 1 arm up so I did. I will be stalking her for awhile and first thought of it returning then I will redo I guess. Thanks for being there to help me work out a decision

 

[Turtle Poop]

She's been so much happier back at home! Ate 2/3 an earthworm and moving around. Why don't treat with salt bathes and then return home isn't ever suggested? Fungus is always in the tanks. If 1 gets sick from it then other tankmates are already exposed. Seems like tubbing them is adding stress?

 

[Turtle Poop]

one trick is to fill the bucket then add dechlorinater swirl it around to make sure the water is good then get a pond/aquarium pump and use it to pump the water from the bucket into the tank allowing you more time to dechlorinate the water without having to worry about getting chlorinated water in the tank.
mels do seem to get a dusty grey coating on them, it does seem quite common although it doesn't seem to affect them or spread.
I can understand wanting to be sure the fungus is gone so I can understand doing it for a week, if you are going to consider continuing salt baths then reducing salt amount might be less stressful.

I'm thinking I'm going to try to do a low end salt solution after all. My Mel was completely good since last I spoke of her but not today...she had the stinking fungus again....immediately started her back on salt bath (1gal/9teaspoons of aquarium salt this time) she and her roommate don't seem to have sensitivity to the salt they are just ticked off they are getting netted to the tub. All in all I think they are ok. Nothing extreme like flaring or bad twitches. They do seem like they don't like the salt taste( look likes they have hicups kinda) I don't think these guys are brackish in anyway but seems like salt might be the only way to keep fungus at bay. Fungus is in tanks regardless and strive in cold water. My axolotl should not have a stress in the world to indice this outbreak but who knows.
Do you buy chance know of a way to help the gills? Dark Fury has beautiful gills as they look like she has pigtail fros...my golden and white one don't have all that fluff.

 

[wolfen]

with gills it's a case of keeping the water at the right levels and what the axolotl genetics are like.