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Thanks for the info blue, Its a definate case of nibbling as I saw it happening ! I knew it was a little risky to have them together...they have been in the tank for over a year anf no problems till now.. I have removed the gold fish and shall watch and wait I guess, poor axo I feel guilty ! He is a great specimen too , white albino ( my other is a gold albino )

Hi, one of my gold fish found that my Axo's gills are tasty Seems like they have been nibbled at fairly seriously, I am a bit concerned about his health. Q - does anyone know if they will grow back ? or is it a doom and gloom situation?, many thanks in advance for any help

Silly Question perhaps, but what species of fish is white bait?

great advice - thanks

Yea thanks - the tank is very very well cycled...months..good idea too wash the filter in some of the tank water - very helpful thanks. And in regards to the gold fish - cant wait till my Axo's are big enough to eat them !

Hi - any pointers would be greatly appreciated as I am a bit green about filters etc.. I have two Axo's and two Gold fish and a couple of little "feeding stock" fishies in my tank ( 60cm/30x30), a few plastic plants etc...I also have a stingray type of filter running constantly - allowing it too "airate" the tank with a few bubbles etc as well. My main concern is a fully cleaned the tank and its bits n bobs and 2-3 days later it seems very murky /dirty ... The filter inside the "stingray" is also dirty..do I replace this or clean it out? I realise spot cleaning is required of poo and left over food etc - although I have not done this since the clean out I was surprised that my nice clean tank got so dirty so quickly ! thoughts ? advice? Many thanks

Scraping it out like the islanders do is easiest - I use a vice with a rounded chisel held fast in it and run the coconut back and forth scraping the guts out.

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Hi - old post i realise but can i have a link to the n.z axo forums if you have it as I cant seem to find it ;0

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/my-poo ... 11201.html look at this maybe some advise

Thats a bit of a relief ty.

haha thanks ! Yes he is a good size - still only 15cm though - about 10cm (ish) to go ! They are not yet mature... You can see faintly a bit of a shiny type of? on the gold one, she also has this on her tail and gill tips - this is my concern in regards too health..then again they have beem moved too a new home in a car etc since that photo, perhaps thats there dismay. The white/gray one also has a "wound" on his other side which I shall post up ! from a cat I think it is a single claw puncture - although its six weeks ol dnow so if he was going to die I guess he would have by now...

Yea hi - thanks for your reply... my tank is the same size as yours..with a stingray filter- internal..I will get a decent pic up soon..temp seems ok - about 18-21 C , I have been feeding them earth worms,white worms ( both of which I farm/sell on trademe.) and little fishies. The only picture I have at the mo is this one - but its about 2 weeks old

Hi - I am a bit new too Axo's - I have two ( Jose & Cuervo) , how can I tell if they are happy or not ? I have read that if there "gills" are slanting forward a little it is a sighn of bad water flow..also that they may get a scaley sort of blemish on them if un-happy - both of which mine appear too have a little... I have plenty of web site's too read up on but several differ.... How much do they eat ? ( appx 12 and 15cm long) Also how much "movement" is expected of them as mine seem too mull around and dont move alot Many thanks too any 1st hand info