Weak salamanders

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brian

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Two of my salamander larvae have been seeming awfully weak lately. I think this is partially due to the aquarium I keep them in, because the air pump a have with it started sucking a couple through it because the sand I had covering it washed away so that they could swim down under it. One of the salamanders got an air bubble in his belly because of this. I removed all the salamanders and fixed it so the pump can't suck them through anymore, but the one that had the air bubble and another one have been flipping upside-down a lot. I think that they might have died by now. I don't know what could have happened other than the pump thing, but if anyone has any ideas about what I could do I would like know.
 
If I were you I'd remove the air pump entirely. If the poor swimmers are having trouble feeding, you can try raising them in seperate enclosures.
 
Bad news: the weak salamanders died over the weekend. The rest are still alive and happy though.
 
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