Saved four axies from being killed

[Elise.91]

Ok. So I’m brand new to Axolotls myself. Cycled my first tank in November and got my first axolotl in December. I very recently bought a new one. They’ve both been taken well care of, with the exception of having to tub them due to a cycle crash.

The day before yesterday, I was out looking for red wrigglers as petsmart was out. I went to a local pet store. They had four axolotls for sale for $175. They were all ammonia burned and the littlest one was missing limbs due to being nipped at by the bigger ones. They were housed on gravel.

Long story short, I was very short with the owner and ended up getting all of them for free to rehabilitate them. They told me they were going to flush them, anyway, if I didn’t take them. They were going to kill these babies.

They are all tubbed in five gallon tubs with cool primed water that’s being changed every twenty four hours, or when they poop.

Three have pooped gravel. What can I do to help impaction? Most are eating but the smallest one throws it up the smallest is also busy growing back her back leg and back foot.

Here are pictures of my rescues. Those are IAL and coffee mugs for hides in the photos.

 

[malia1978]

Poor little guy! I feel horrible for the little one... actually all of them! I'm glad you got them. Thank you for saving them... I don't really have any advice... just give it some time...

 

[axolotl nerd]

Ok. So I’m brand new to Axolotls myself. Cycled my first tank in November and got my first axolotl in December. I very recently bought a new one. They’ve both been taken well care of, with the exception of having to tub them due to a cycle crash.

The day before yesterday, I was out looking for red wrigglers as petsmart was out. I went to a local pet store. They had four axolotls for sale for $175. They were all ammonia burned and the littlest one was missing limbs due to being nipped at by the bigger ones. They were housed on gravel.

Long story short, I was very short with the owner and ended up getting all of them for free to rehabilitate them. They told me they were going to flush them, anyway, if I didn’t take them. They were going to kill these babies.

They are all tubbed in five gallon tubs with cool primed water that’s being changed every twenty four hours, or when they poop.

Three have pooped gravel. What can I do to help impaction? Most are eating but the smallest one throws it up the smallest is also busy growing back her back leg and back foot.

Here are pictures of my rescues. Those are IAL and coffee mugs for hides in the photos.

firstly, fantastic job rescuing them without having to pay.
im short on time, so summoning @wolfen for advice. fridging might be in order, but im leaving that call up to wolfen, as they are more experienced.

 

[wolfen]

they have all been exposed to bad water, this is noticeable by the regressed gill filaments and the gravel in the fecal matter.
use 50% holtfreters with 0.1g/l magnesium sulphate in the water containing them, also add an air-stone into the containers.
what food have you tried feeding them?