The old and the new

[Ronwel1]

The one in front is my first axie, she's around 3 now. Behind her is one I picked up a couple of months ago. The three year old was in pretty rough shape when I got her, basically no gills, no toes and several chunks missing from her tail. Her toes grew back, but I think this is as good as its going to get for her gills, also her tail is still irregular... still my favorite though, by far the most personable.

 

[Slongo]

They look good. I have found that the axies I rescued always have the most personality. Are all those plants fake?

 

[Ronwel1]

Yeah the plants are fake, they're almost like "silk" flowers in texture, so they're incredibly soft. I went with them because I read a few articles saying that axolotls don't really like bright light, which obviously would be an issue for most live plants. Of course, the ol intraweb is full of contradiction.

 

[Zs Axolotls]

I had the same issue, but I took the short gilled axo and put her in her own tank with daily water changes for two weeks and it helped with her gills a lottt!!
If you have time, give that a try


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[Ronwel1]

Believe it or not, her gills are much better than they were (when I first got her she literally had none). She spent her first few months alone, until I finally gave in and picked up another. It's going to bother some people when I say this... but 20% weekly water changes is as far as I go. I use a big canister filter full of all kinds of bio balls, ceramics, scrubbers and a ton of ammocarb. I extended the spray bar across the whole back of the tank, and drilled three times as many holes to eliminate current.

 

[NidiaNz]

I have a girl that had no gills when I got her, the nubs are growing verrrrrrrry slowly, I really don't think they are going to grow back much more, the feathery parts are growing nicely though, she looks very odd.

 

[Ronwel1]

Nidia- it just adds character