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senashenta) wrote2025-02-15 10:14 am
senashenta) wrote2025-02-15 10:14 am
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Axolotl Crisis
So.
I did the entire tank swap with the axolotls yesterday. And I put them in their new tank, and they IMMEDIATELY started dying. Or at least getting sick. They were crunched up in weird places in weird positions and their gills weren't moving. I actually had to poke them to make sure they hadn't ACTUALLY died. :(
Then I started to notice that the tank smelled like chemicals. Almost like bleach. And the only chemicals I use with the axolotls are dichlorination tablets for their water. So, then I'm like... did I miscalculate the number of tablets I needed for the new tank and put in too many?? So, at like 11pm I'm bailing buckets of water out of the tank and replacing them with tap water. I also realized I had forgotten to add my starter enzymes (Prime, Stability, Pristine) so I added them immediately.
We seem to be out of crisis mode, at least for now, because the 'lotls are at least breathing normally again, though Haku is still in a weird position and it's hard to monitor Kaida because he's in one of the hides. But I don't know what to do next, like...
I feel like I should scoop them back into a bucket and completely redo the water in the tank again, but they're already in such a delicate state I'm worried scooping them INTO the bucket would KILL THEM OUTRIGHT, and if THAT didn't, the stress of putting them BACK INTO THE TANK AGAIN WOULD. It's a rock and a hard place.
So, I guess I just keep swapping out buckets of water until the chemicals in the tank are low enough the filter can deal with it?
I swear I did the math right with the dichlorination tablets, I have no idea what happened. :(
I just don't want my 'lotls to die. :(
I did the entire tank swap with the axolotls yesterday. And I put them in their new tank, and they IMMEDIATELY started dying. Or at least getting sick. They were crunched up in weird places in weird positions and their gills weren't moving. I actually had to poke them to make sure they hadn't ACTUALLY died. :(
Then I started to notice that the tank smelled like chemicals. Almost like bleach. And the only chemicals I use with the axolotls are dichlorination tablets for their water. So, then I'm like... did I miscalculate the number of tablets I needed for the new tank and put in too many?? So, at like 11pm I'm bailing buckets of water out of the tank and replacing them with tap water. I also realized I had forgotten to add my starter enzymes (Prime, Stability, Pristine) so I added them immediately.
We seem to be out of crisis mode, at least for now, because the 'lotls are at least breathing normally again, though Haku is still in a weird position and it's hard to monitor Kaida because he's in one of the hides. But I don't know what to do next, like...
I feel like I should scoop them back into a bucket and completely redo the water in the tank again, but they're already in such a delicate state I'm worried scooping them INTO the bucket would KILL THEM OUTRIGHT, and if THAT didn't, the stress of putting them BACK INTO THE TANK AGAIN WOULD. It's a rock and a hard place.
So, I guess I just keep swapping out buckets of water until the chemicals in the tank are low enough the filter can deal with it?
I swear I did the math right with the dichlorination tablets, I have no idea what happened. :(
I just don't want my 'lotls to die. :(