Helpppp, my axolotl skin peeling off!

[axeltheaxie]

Hi,

My axolotls skin is peeling off, what should i have to do??i just changed the water in the tank and five hours later the skin is peeling off badly.please advise me..

Thanks

 

[Jacquie]

Hi Axle,

If the skin is peeling, it sounds as if it may be a water quality issue.

Are you able to post a photo?

In order to assist you we are going to need more information than you have provided so far.

If you could answer the following, this will give us something to work with:

Do you test the water for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and pH? If so, what are the readings? If not, I would strongly recommend you have the water tested and advise.

Water quality is MOST IMPORTANT to the health of an axolotl. Ammonia and Nitrite are both highly toxic and any reading higher than '0' in either/or both of these can make an axolotl very sick, leading quickly to death.

What is the tank water temperature?

What size is the tank?

Is the axolotl alone in the tank? Or, does the axolotl have any companions?

If you could also run us through your tank maintenance and cleaning schedule this will enable members to assist you better.

Such as:

How often do you clean up after the axolotl/s? (Axolotls are very messy creatures).

Do you have any substrate in the tank? (Sand, gravel, or bare bottom tank).

How do you clean the substrate and how often?

How frequently are you conducting partial water changes and how much water are you replacing each time?

Are you using dechlorinator when doing water changes?

Have you added any chemicals to the water? (Such as fish medication, plant fertilizer, etc).

And lastly, welcome to the forum :happy:.

 

[midnight12]

hi, me again i might have found a cure, in pet shops you get dechlorinators don't you? well in that section theres normally a skin repair/skin treatment meant for fish but you can use it for axies. hope this helped!

 

[Kerry1968]

How do you know this product is safe for axolotls?

A lot of fish treatments are lethal to axies.

Before buying or using any fish treatments I would suggest you ask on the forum first.

 

[midnight12]

it can be used on axies, just make sure before you buy it, and yes, i'm not a vet but i use fish dechlorinator and my axies are fine. but kerry is right you should seek anyone elses advice first

 

[Kerry1968]

Dechlorinator is fine, we all use them and yes, they sometimes have skin conditioners in them. I thought you were referring to a different kind of skin treatment though, just being cautious

 

[midnight12]

yeah, so go to a aquatics and you should find skin conditioner there, or you dechlorinator might have some already.

 

[ianclick]

Using a chemical quick fix is a bit like taking aspirin for a cold, whilst they might help deal with the symptoms they do little or nothing about the cause.

 

[Darkmaverick]

There is a difference between skin peeling from chemical trauma or normal skin shedding. Would you be able to provide a photo?

 

[axeltheaxie]

Hi all, sorry for the late reply..=)

I've put them in nursery tank where the water quality such as ammonia,pH balance is checked and they are both seems to be fine now.
What actually happened yesterday is when the water changed,i had put some chemical in the water where we have to leave it one day before putting them back in the tank. I wasn't aware of it and put them back in the tank straight away where i shouldn't. And their skin started to peeled off.

I tried to feed them yesterday after i changed the water but they refused to eat. They actually were backing off from the food when usually they just bite whatever given to them. But now they are eating normally. Its a good sign isnt it?=O

I couldn't provide any photos as they have no peeled-skin left in their body like yesterday. But i will post the photos of them in a healthily happy state!

Thank you all!

=D