Help my axolotls floating

[dazm2020]

Hi everyone she keeps going to the surface and gulping air so it's makeing her float any adivce would be great????
Thanks darren

 

[aeviette]

Have you taken water levels? (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, pH) They'd help get more of an idea.

 

[mekkha]

It's normal for axolotls to gulp for air at the surface once in a while.. however, if it seems excessive, something may be up. Like Aviette said, have you checked the water parameters?

Also what type of substrate are you using, sand, gravel, rocks?

Is s/he eating and using the bathroom as normal? I've heard of axies floating and then using the bathroom/letting gas out and going back down to the bottom.

 

[fishcakey]

Sometimes they do like to gulp and hang there. I know mine likes to gulp after he eats and then just floats down after so he doesn't have to swim. Temperature can affect floating so if you're above 20 C I'd cool it down ASAP. Also, if you have gravel he could have an impaction. Lots of possibilities. Don't be too worried if he floats occasionally, mine does too (probably because there are plants on the top) but if it's one of the possibilities other people mentioned, then just fix them and you should be fine.