Photo: Gersfeld coppers

[Niels D]

Last Gersfeld my gf cyouldn't resist buying 5 copper axie juvies. They're growing fast so they deserve an earthworm or a treat each day. She took these pictures:

 

[hacelepues]

Huh, that's interesting. Their eyes look different from the usual coppers I've seen here. Not sure if it's the lighting, but they look cloudy.

 

[Niels D]

They're a bit smudgy indeed. I'm trying to figure out if it's got something to do with the shedding or if it's fungus. Today they're looking better, so I guess it's a shedding issue.

 

[SanderB]

The water needs to be cleaned, that´s causing the cloudy eyes and bumps on their skin.

 

[hacelepues]

Axolotls shed? I've never seen mine do that!

 

[Morrison]

A mother of a friend accidentally dropped some bleach in that friend's axie tank.
They started to shed like hell
Poor things.

 

[CJ1981]

A mother of a friend accidentally dropped some bleach in that friend's axie tank.
They started to shed like hell
Poor things.

Ouch!!

 

[Morrison]

Yeah, I thought that they were about to die but they're still alive and kicking

 

[Jeroen Spobeck]

I agree with Sander on this one. It looked familiar to me but could not give it a place.... and now i notice i had this skin issue with some 4 legged larvae in the past. It was poor water quality. After cleaning and adding some salt to the tank all came allright. and they look some kind of floating to me Niels.. They should stay on the ground.

 

[Olivia97]

They may just be swimming, how often are water changes done? t may just be tannins in the water, not necessarily bad water quality.

 

[Niels D]

They're not floating. Kimmy noticed that they come up to the surface when the light in the newt room is turned on. Most of the time this light's turned on when it's dinner time, so they've probably been conditioned. I've changed the water a bit and added a new catappa leaf, though everything was normal with them already. They never had any bumps though.