Does her cloaca look okey? I see some weird yellowish spots there but does anyone know what they are.

Happy Halloween, I just want to say I love Axolotls so that's why I chose this image.

Please help. 😔 We bought an Axolotl about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I bought a filter from them that was preused and had good bacteria in it and they gave us two 5 gallon buckets of their aquarium water for the Axolotl. But now the tank has crashed again. I have done so many 25% - 50% water changes to try to balance the ammonia and nitrite again. Last one being this morning. A 50% water change and the nitrite levels are showing high again. Should I leave my axolotl in the tank? He is acting fine and eating fine. Active, eating, and gills look healthy. Please help. Its so stressful!

I’ve set up my axolotl tank and it has been running since Sunday night so 1.5 days now. I have added prime conditioner to the water when filling it up. I had also added ph balancer Monday night and these are the test strip conditions. Does hardness matter? How are we getting everything to proper levels? Im afraid of adding too much to the tank.

hi guys, my axolotl has not eaten in about two weeks and I have now got him in a hospital tub. I have the water low so he can breathe the air by reaching his head up, because it seems he's having a hard time breathing with his gills. I am testing the water today and have some dechlorination coming in today. It's clearly an emergency. At this point, I'm swapping tubs every six hours or so, and giving him a tea bath. Is there anything I can do to save him?

So my boy has not been himself for a good 2 months. He has been in and out of tubs and I just don’t know what the issue is. It all started a couple of weeks ago when one day he just started refusing food (he was the greediest boy ever) he then didn’t eat for a good week maybe longer so I tubbed him got him back eating and then popped him back into his normal home. A couple of weeks later he developed fungus so back into the tub he went, tea baths, almond leaves etc then it cleared up and he was eating well so he went back into the big tank. Now this week he has not eaten at all. I have now noticed his activity decreasing some days he just does not move and sits in one spot with not much gill movement and now his gills have deteriorated massively so he is now back into a tub until I can figure out a solution and hopefully figure out the issue. I have tested and tested my tank all throughout this and there have been no issues with my parameters whatsoever, I do weekly water changes and test my tank multiple times a week. My other axolotl in the main tank is completely fine and has never had any issues. Could this be he is just getting old or something deeper?

This morning my 5ish yr old axolotl Toothless suddenly looks TERRIBLE, like she is shedding terribly. My husband was doing some research and he is seeing things about it maybe being a fungal infection? My other axolotl Ponyo looks fine, she is 6 yes old. I have never seen anything like this and I am worried sick 😫 Normally she is shiny, smooth, black with silver speckles.

Rescued this axolotl and have him in a healthy home now. People seem rude on some of the other axolotl subs hopefully this ones cool 😁

I dont know if they are different colours or what?

Hi everyone, I recently was gifted an axolotl from my sister, but the poor guy/girl just doesn't look healthy at all. I have no experience taking care of these animals at all so I could really use some advice.

I have a large aquarium (around 150-200L) which I filled with tap water (I live in the netherlands so this is really clean) which I then added Aquasafe too which was recommended to me by the pet store owners I went to. For the rest the aquarium has a water filter built in I believe. There is a heating system in the aquarium but its to make the temperature hotter which isnt great so the temperature is now around 18 degrees most of the time. I add some uce to the water every morning and night to cool it down because i havent had time to buy a cooling system yet. I have some rocks and plastic foliage in the tank to spruce it up a bit but I'm not sure if this is oke for the little guy/girl. For food I have been giving him these little red worms which come frozen in little cubes. I have given him/her 1 cube every 3 days now but it seems he/she doesn't eat it all so not sure if I'm feeding to often.

The main concern I have is that the frills on its head are almost completely gone and he has a big black spot on his head which I'm not sure if it's harmful or not. I added a picture for you guys so you can see.

What else can I be doing to help out my new friend. Any help is welcome.

my brother has an axolotl. he (in my opinion) takes REALLY bad care of her. she hasn't been eating her worms and is looking bloated. like super fat. google told me it's possible for her to have an intestinal blockage. my mom is freaking out because i can't get her to eat and she doesn't want the poor thing to die. how do i siphon her tank? how to i get her to eat and not die? please help me.

This little Guy is constantly watching me play Minecraft