I'm not sure if this is a bug, but I don't see any phantoms after 3 in game days. I search a world and I can't seem to find any axolotl ether.
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About phantoms: they'll only spawn if there's open sky directly above you (so that you don't come back from a mining trip and find masses of them above you), and I was under the impression that they start appearing on the 4th night (as in: you need to avoid sleeping for 3 FULL nights before you're marked as able to cause phantoms to spawn).
I just checked the wiki to be sure, and 1 minecraft hour (55 real seconds) after sunrise on day 4 is when you qualify. That's when you would've woken up from bed if you had slept on night 3. Of course they can't spawn in daylight, so they have to wait until night 4.
Can't confirm. Generated a new world in 1.18 Pre-8 and found an axolotl. I waited several nights and did not have a phantom spawn, but I think that part may need more testing before drawing conclusions.