The Green Dragon

[Ariel]

I am a first time axolotl parent, here are some photos a friend took of my Green dragon. I got her from a pet store last month, how does she (or he) look?

 

[smiley1996]

She/he is a beautie and looks intrigued ^^

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[Smoxolotl]

Looks really cool to me! Enjoy! I'd keep an eye on that piece of wood in the background, though, and watch to see If your axolotl gets scraped up by it or not. Looks potentially dangerous.

 

[Ariel]

Looks really cool to me! Enjoy! I'd keep an eye on that piece of wood in the background, though, and watch to see If your axolotl gets scraped up by it or not. Looks potentially dangerous.

Thanks! That isn't actual wood though, it's this ornament:
Amazon.com: Aquatic Creations Mossy Root 2 Aquarium Ornament: Pet Supplies

It's painted to look rough, but it actually isn't.

 

[Smoxolotl]

I figured it wasn't real just looks kind of poky, and wouldn't want it to hurt your jelly belly Dragon in there :happy: Glad its not rough, it looks really cool, he's got a nice tank!

 

[Ariel]

It turns out I'm taking it out of the tank for now anyway, today, the house got really hot and when I went to look at the tank I was horrified. There was this gummy white stuff and orange stuff that appeared floating around and stuck to some random surfaces and the tank smells horrible like sulfur. It was so bad I immediately took my axie out and into a plastic tub. The ornament smells so bad it makes me gag. Two days ago everything smelled fine! The plants are infected by this white puffy stuff so I'm tossing them, what should I do with the ornament? Boil it? Bake it? The smell seems to be coming from inside. It is partially hollow.

I have only kept fish before this and never had either of these problems, I have an ornament from the same place in the fish tank and it smells fine. What's going on? What do I do?

Edit: upon closer inspection the other ornament smells bad too, just not to such an extreme and so my singed nose hairs didn't pick up on it right away.

 

[Veerie]

I got a similar fake wood ornament and had to end up tossing it because it kept leeching stuff into my goldfish tank

 

[Smoxolotl]

Try boiling it, sterilizing it with alcohol etc. just rinse very well.

 

[Ted]

The wild looking ones are my favorites,( except maybe for harlequin)......you know what I would do with that piece of fake wood? Use it in a terrarium ...or else go downstairs and throw it in my huge pile of useless fish stuff..

 

[Smoxolotl]

I know what you mean, Ted, I have a few of those!

 

[Ariel]

That's such a bummer, I love the bottom of the stream look it has. It was rather expensive for an ornament, you'd expect it to be at least waterproof, right?

Before tossing it, I'm gonna boil it and seal up the hollow parts so nothing can grow and die inside causing the smell, then try to reintroduce it.

 

[Smoxolotl]

Make sure that you quarantine it for a while after you do all that, and monitor the water quality in with it. Better safe than sorry... again

 

[Jack1234]

I had a similar issue years ago. To sort it out I tethered it in a nearby creek for six months.