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anne-marie

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Not again!!!

I only have about 20 at this stage. If I get less than 100 during the course of today, I'll raise em. If more, they've gotta go.


I remember reading at axolotl.org about heat seeming to make axy babies grow faster. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with adding a heater to the hatchlings water to encourage growth?
 
Oooooh No! You poor thing!
I remember one person using a heater and killing off all her eggs. But I would assume that was due to too high temps. I also remember reading a post by someone who used this method successfully. If you could raise the water to 18 - 20C the eggs should be ok, and will hatch faster (maybe could go higher, I am unsure).
Personally I found that the 2 weeks it took my eggs to hatch was barely enough time to get everything organised. (I think that was at about 16 -17 degrees C)
 
Yeah, organisation is important but it's only been about 3 months since i sold off the last batch of juvies!!! So i've already got everything I need.

I just may try the heater-speed-up method - it was something like 1 deg C overnight last night and I've just noticed heaps of spermatophores in the tank. I'm scared now. Lucky it's semester break.

(Message edited by waltona on July 07, 2005)
 
oo I may get a couple of your juveniles (if you do chose to raise them)
 
Well, were well past 100 now and counting.

Here's 2 pics of the deed being done!

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+++ jpeg +++ 38896 +++ egg1 +++

(Message edited by waltona on July 07, 2005)
 
Or, maybe not
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How's this?
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You're gonna be a mummy again!
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I don't know what I was thinking buying Mulac.... lol but phewww... my girlies don't look anywhere near full of eggs *crosses fingers*
 
Famous last words eh.

Nathan, my eggs are half black and half white - I have no idea what this means.
 
Bleeugh!!!!!!!
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First few hundred eggs have been removed to the freezer.
Anyone have any idea how long I have to keep them in there for before they're inactive?

And - she's still laying this afternoon.
What a marathon.
 
On the egg color question:


lack of pigment - this indicates that the mother was albino. Normal eggs are dark brown (there is a picture of two at the top of this page). An albino mother will lay white, pigmentless eggs. If the offspring are not albino, pigment will appear during embryo development.

from http://www.axolotl.org/breeding.htm

(Message edited by cynorita on July 09, 2005)
 
Anne-Marie - I kept the eggs in the deep freeze for two days (frozen solid). I am not sure how long they need to be in there to officially stop development.
 
Hi There. 7 weeks ago I had axolotl eggs. I put a heater in the tank set at 20 degrees celius. My eggs hatched exactly 1 week later. I keep my babies at this temp. Now they are six weeks old and the biggest one is 5 1/2 cm. I do believe the temp is the way to go. Hope this helps.
 
Hi Stacy. I suppose you could speed up eggs hatching by heating the tank. Normally most people don't recommend using a heater at all with axolotls. The colder the water is the better they do. With a heater their is always a chance of a malfunction and getting to warm.
 
Stacy - Are you sure it was 7 days? At 20C it should of taken closer to 14 days.

This series of photos shows development at 20C
http://www.axolotl.org/embryo_series.htm

I agree with Michael on the heater. What is the temperature of your water without using a heater?
 
Thanks all. Re: the water heat thing, I definitely read on axolotl.org that John had heated water and felt that this sped up development. This is a moot point now because I'm not keeping them anyway.
 
Hi Cynthia, yes it was 7 days. Just had another lot of eggs hatch yesterday. 7 days to the day.
 
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