Sick Axolotls

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Hello everyone! I’m new here. I have 3 new baby axolotls 6 months old. I’ve had them now for a month. They were doing great but yesterday morning I noticed that 2 of them have some white spots on their gills. I have them taken them out and put them in a separate container and have been doing daily water changes for the past 2 days. I have also been bathing them in methylene blue for 10 minutes. I will continue doing this for the next couple of weeks, while I do a complete new cycle on the tank. I just wanted to make sure that what I am doing is correct. I was freaking out yesterday and want to make sure that they are nice and healthy and can go back into their tank. They are eating fine moving around and don’t seem to be distressed. I would love to hear any suggestions. I’m not sure if this will help their gills heal completely, or if I need to do anything different? I would really appreciate any insight!
 

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add 3.5g/l non-iodised salt to the water to remove/clear the fungal infection, once cleared up use 2g/l non-iodised salt to prevent re-occurrences.
 
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