I bough my first Axolotl some month ago on pure impulse (I know, not the best way to buy a new animal but i fell in love with them on first sight). I first had my Axolotl 'Sally' in my fish tank. Everything was going well.
I then desided that Sally should have a friend so i bought a wild type Axolotl aswell.
The morning after the new one ('Harry') was introduced i saw Sally floating on the surface. All her gills had been eaten up. I of course concluded that it was Harry who had eaten it since everything had gone so well with the fishes.
I got really worried that Sally was going to die so i made ways for her to rest on twiggs and stuff at the surface so she could use her lungs.
A few days laster i discovered that Harry had also been taken some damage on his body. Part of his backfin was eaten and his leg. Sally was also getting damages on her back fin.
Now i realized who the bully was: My rainbow shark (Epalzeorhynchos frenatus).
Here are two pictures of how they looked at this time (Pardon my bad camera):
1. Sally with almost no gills left
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2. Harry with bitten tail and leg
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I quickly went online to find a suitable tank for them and found a 70 liter tank. Two hours later they had a good home. Harry unfortunably lost his damaged leg but now the healing process have really kicked in.
Two weeks later Harry got the bites on his tail back (even though not fully healed yet, the tissue is still very bright) and Sally have grown 2 cm long gills and got her tail completly healed.
1. Harry & Sally
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2. From the side. Notice the white tissue on Harrys tail.
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3. Again from the side
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4. Sallys gills
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Came home from a kickoff with the job. Was gone over the weekend and Sallys gills are even bigger now. Found something in the tank that i think is sperm (See my other thread and help me identify is that's the case please
)
Looking forward to see the leg of Harry growing back but i reccon that will take some time.
I then desided that Sally should have a friend so i bought a wild type Axolotl aswell.
The morning after the new one ('Harry') was introduced i saw Sally floating on the surface. All her gills had been eaten up. I of course concluded that it was Harry who had eaten it since everything had gone so well with the fishes.
I got really worried that Sally was going to die so i made ways for her to rest on twiggs and stuff at the surface so she could use her lungs.
A few days laster i discovered that Harry had also been taken some damage on his body. Part of his backfin was eaten and his leg. Sally was also getting damages on her back fin.
Now i realized who the bully was: My rainbow shark (Epalzeorhynchos frenatus).
Here are two pictures of how they looked at this time (Pardon my bad camera):
1. Sally with almost no gills left
2. Harry with bitten tail and leg
I quickly went online to find a suitable tank for them and found a 70 liter tank. Two hours later they had a good home. Harry unfortunably lost his damaged leg but now the healing process have really kicked in.
Two weeks later Harry got the bites on his tail back (even though not fully healed yet, the tissue is still very bright) and Sally have grown 2 cm long gills and got her tail completly healed.
1. Harry & Sally
2. From the side. Notice the white tissue on Harrys tail.
3. Again from the side
4. Sallys gills
Came home from a kickoff with the job. Was gone over the weekend and Sallys gills are even bigger now. Found something in the tank that i think is sperm (See my other thread and help me identify is that's the case please
)Looking forward to see the leg of Harry growing back but i reccon that will take some time.
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