I just got one of these, albino, still young only about 3-4". Reared on live and frozen bloodworm. The reason i have one is because my mum saw me researching them! So today when she went shopping she decided to "surprise"(more like shock) me with it! She got it for £8 and it's in brilliant health. I hadn't finished researching it yet and my mum brings home this little albino axolotl! So basically i need to know some other stuff. The one thing i am doing is getting a 3ft tank off gumtree hopefully, if this is ok to keep it in? I bought some frozen bloodworm to give it aswell. How long will it be before it will need this 3ft tank? It would take me 4 weeks to raise the £40 that the person is asking for. Would it be alright until i get this tank in my quite large, 5.5 gallon? It has plenty of room at the minute.... but obviously i wouldn't have bought it without having the tank ready and set up! I really need some help here as i would love to keep it and the shop don't take fish back! They said to my mum "This is a small, peaceful community amphibian" Yeah right! It get's 12" long!
The info i do know is:
-They potentially but rarely get to 18", more than often they stop growing at 12".
-They are carnivorous.
-They can't live with anything but other axolotls because of their gills.
-It is recommended that 1 axolotl needs a 24"x15"x12" tank with water as deep as the axolotl is long, but better to have a 3ft tank.
-Males have a large "bulge" between their legs, females don't.
-They need water that is in the temperature range of 16-22 degrees Celsius.
-They need a sand substrate so that if they swallow any it doesn't do any harm.
-They need plenty of oxygen in the water.
This is about it really as i never finished researching them! Right now i am looking on the internet and through books about behaviour it shouldn't have, like:
-Curled tail = Stress.
-Rapid gill movements = Not enough oxygen in the water.
-Forward pointing gills/light patches on the skin = Heat stress.
ANY TIPS?!
Alessa x.
The info i do know is:
-They potentially but rarely get to 18", more than often they stop growing at 12".
-They are carnivorous.
-They can't live with anything but other axolotls because of their gills.
-It is recommended that 1 axolotl needs a 24"x15"x12" tank with water as deep as the axolotl is long, but better to have a 3ft tank.
-Males have a large "bulge" between their legs, females don't.
-They need water that is in the temperature range of 16-22 degrees Celsius.
-They need a sand substrate so that if they swallow any it doesn't do any harm.
-They need plenty of oxygen in the water.
This is about it really as i never finished researching them! Right now i am looking on the internet and through books about behaviour it shouldn't have, like:
-Curled tail = Stress.
-Rapid gill movements = Not enough oxygen in the water.
-Forward pointing gills/light patches on the skin = Heat stress.
ANY TIPS?!
Alessa x.
