need help for my axolotls
2 years ago
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i adopted some axolotls on kijiji a few months ago and the deal was too good to be true for the whole setup they didnt include any chemicals to regulate the water and they didnt have asdequate filter system so i have been doing water changed regularly twice a week and i didnt have any problems so far until something bad happened on saturday and i havent been functioning very well for a little while. On saturday my bf accidentally cut his finger and he fainted while i was wrapping his bandage and he hit his head so hard he had a seizure and tbh in autistic and i have ptsd and i totally had a panic attack after the emts arrived they said he was okay and he didnt want to go to the hospital so they said hes probably going to be okay because hes very cognitive but anyway my point is it was very traumatic for me i havent been bathing and cleaning or doing laundry or going out at all.. and i been sleeping it off to clean my axolotls tank for maybe a week. and she has fungus on her gills now. This is definitely caused by poor filtration and i wasnt keeping up with the maintenance in result of that. I dont feel good about it so i am reaching for help. I have quarantined her and beginning some tea tree oil treatment for a week but this is only a tempoary solution to a problem that will arise again if i am not viligant on water changes. edit: i forgot to mention they were a rescue. They were in bad shape when i got them and many of their gills were chonky and missing lots. but they grow back in good time and the right conditions. they were doing much better until this happened. I did rehome the one that was looking the worst because im not experienced in axolotls and i was second guessing myself. i rehomed one to a girl who said she was from crystal skull exotics from guelph but when i went to their facebook page theres someone going around using their name but they are not the same people. so im guessing shes going to breed that poor sick undersized thing :( so now i feel they are probably safer in my care since i check on them so often and i currently dont work so i can do art and my own businesses
these are all the supplies i would like to raise money for: they are in canadian dollars.
https://pasteboard.co/SzIh9T6zOAnt.jpg
but for the filter only, I would like approx $150usd
Im not asking for donations but if you would like to i can make an amazon wishlist.
Im doing art commissions, selling merch on etsy and patreon, and im selling a bunch of my stuff. I also can offer custom fursona merch like stickers and hoodies, tights, flipflops, etc.
linktr.ee/neexart
i also have onl/f/ans pls dont run away bc i sell noods. but i do not meet with anyone from these sites under any circumstances.. i wont post ads here obvs this is a separate business.. you will have to dm me for more info on that and so i can verify your age etc
heres my stuff im selling in the comments
alienware laptop, xbox one controller, cintiq 13hd, samsung galaxy note 9 with stylus, nicole lynx daki with memory foam filing and coolgel case, taxitermy butterflies or bobcat
https://www.facebook.com/brooke.rainbridge/posts/pfbid02e1Sf1p7QXZ4K6h5A8QFptwC2u52uf7trrHCKDRhnde6Cuuz4DmPkvV7JqrYzpt96l
these are all the supplies i would like to raise money for: they are in canadian dollars.
https://pasteboard.co/SzIh9T6zOAnt.jpg
but for the filter only, I would like approx $150usd
Im not asking for donations but if you would like to i can make an amazon wishlist.
Im doing art commissions, selling merch on etsy and patreon, and im selling a bunch of my stuff. I also can offer custom fursona merch like stickers and hoodies, tights, flipflops, etc.
linktr.ee/neexart
i also have onl/f/ans pls dont run away bc i sell noods. but i do not meet with anyone from these sites under any circumstances.. i wont post ads here obvs this is a separate business.. you will have to dm me for more info on that and so i can verify your age etc
heres my stuff im selling in the comments
alienware laptop, xbox one controller, cintiq 13hd, samsung galaxy note 9 with stylus, nicole lynx daki with memory foam filing and coolgel case, taxitermy butterflies or bobcat
https://www.facebook.com/brooke.rainbridge/posts/pfbid02e1Sf1p7QXZ4K6h5A8QFptwC2u52uf7trrHCKDRhnde6Cuuz4DmPkvV7JqrYzpt96l
FA+

do lots of water changes when shes in the "tub" tote whatever her hospital tank is. this should help her alot.
you can also add almond leaves to her hospital tank
also im not to far from where you live!!!
The temperature fluctuated between 22c to 13c in 24hrs and I wonder if that is what triggered the fungal bloom but also I took a few days longer than usual to do a water change.
I did some searching online and see if I could use melfix for my axolotls. And as far as I could tell you could. I tubbed both of them overnight and the melfix directions says to use 5ml per day per 10 gal for 7 days. But just overnight they fungus all fell off in the tub and they looking kinda stressed with curled Tails and gills so I am sure that stuff is real stinky Givin them headaches. They looked like they were lacking color. So I put them back in their original tank. the fungus fell off in the hospital tank so.. then I worried there was still fungus in the 50gal tank... so I added 5ml because it just seemed very effective... I they usually swim around when they don't like the water parameters but this they sit still and cringe I think it smells like I said
id say if it comes back you might have to rip your 50 down and restart. thankfully axolotls are good for that.
im also in canada in a basement apt AC going in soon. iv had mine for about 2 years now and never had any problems with it being to hot in the tank