Allateup
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Ok to start off I have two axolotls, both baught from same guy at a reptile show in march of last year. Originally they lived at my house and i used treated tap water and had no problems they grew from tiny lil babies into decent sized while in my old apt. look at pics to see progress. Now keep in mind i had done all the water testing had a cycle down and as you can see nothing was wrong. Well I moved into my girlfriends townhouse, in a different town and have been here for 6 months now. When all my problems started. My golden had no problems he eats everything and anything i put in his face. But my wild started to eat less and less and pretty soon was dwarfed in size by comparison to my golden. I feed them in separate containers the same amount of food on a every other day basis. I thought maybe the wild was a girl and they might be smaller so I let it go for a month or two. But then Muddy started to develop this film on his back and his feathers started to drop. I think that it was some sort of fungus so i give him a tea bath and the film seams to have gone away so i put him back in with Shower and it comes back. Now keep in mind Shower is huge and has no film on him so I didn't know what to do. I took them both out cleaned the whole tank took out everything and recycled it. Put them back in and no more then a week he had no feathers anymore, he had the film again and was looking emaciated. It was then I realized that the tap water here was horrid as hell, Even after the normal treatment I would do at my old apt the water was super bad so I stopped using it. I went out and started buying aquarium water from the pet store it seams to be working to keep the film off of him and I have been tea bathing him, because it seams without his feathers he is having a hard time breathing. Plz anyone that can help me give me any advice I don't want to loose my waterbaby. I live in fl too so its wicked hot usualy outside I keep my house at 72 that keeps there tank at around 60, but I keep water bottles frozen in there so they fluctuate around 45 to 70. depends on if I work all day or not, to be able to change them out midday. But Whats stumping me is Shower is bigger then ever hes tried to chomp my finger and Muddy has if anything I think shrunk in size and his dorsal fin is also shrinking.
Ok so first pick was them at like 6 months they where both same size still.
Second and third pic are of Muddy, when he first was showing signs of his film and stomach problems.
Fourth and fifth pic are them when i got them in march.
Sixth pic was them at like 3 months.
Seven is Muddy in his dish back when he had feathers still.
Last one is of Shower being all fat and healthy looking for his buddy (who is in a separate tank getting another tea bath)
Any Help is greatly appreciated.
Ok so first pick was them at like 6 months they where both same size still.
Second and third pic are of Muddy, when he first was showing signs of his film and stomach problems.
Fourth and fifth pic are them when i got them in march.
Sixth pic was them at like 3 months.
Seven is Muddy in his dish back when he had feathers still.
Last one is of Shower being all fat and healthy looking for his buddy (who is in a separate tank getting another tea bath)
Any Help is greatly appreciated.
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