Hey everyone! I am fairly new here, but wanted to share the most awesome experience ever. (well, maybe not ever, but it did kind of rock!)
I work at a science museum and we have some animal care interns. I was talking to one of them and asked her, rather off handedly, where I could get some axies. She walked over to the desk, picked up a jar and handed me 5 wee larvae and 4 eggs. !!! The timing was just perfect--she had just brought them in that day.
So....now I have axies!!! But...I also came down with strep that day and was out of commission for a day. Sadly, 3 of the larvae died. The other two are looking kind of hungry, but I did get some hatchling brine shrimp in there and hope that does the trick. Right now I have the two & the eggs in a fish breeder bin inside a tank with some tadpoles (2 at this time). I am using that tank because it has heat (70) and a filter.
When examining one of the deceased axies through a microscope, I found a worm?? Thoughts on that? I am not a microbiologist so I am clueless as to if it was the cause of death, a bystander or dinner.
Anyway, I am just so excited to be an axie owner I just had to share--and ask a few questions. I do plan on reviewing this site with a fine tooth comb to see what great advice I can soak up.
I work at a science museum and we have some animal care interns. I was talking to one of them and asked her, rather off handedly, where I could get some axies. She walked over to the desk, picked up a jar and handed me 5 wee larvae and 4 eggs. !!! The timing was just perfect--she had just brought them in that day.
So....now I have axies!!! But...I also came down with strep that day and was out of commission for a day. Sadly, 3 of the larvae died. The other two are looking kind of hungry, but I did get some hatchling brine shrimp in there and hope that does the trick. Right now I have the two & the eggs in a fish breeder bin inside a tank with some tadpoles (2 at this time). I am using that tank because it has heat (70) and a filter.
When examining one of the deceased axies through a microscope, I found a worm?? Thoughts on that? I am not a microbiologist so I am clueless as to if it was the cause of death, a bystander or dinner.
Anyway, I am just so excited to be an axie owner I just had to share--and ask a few questions. I do plan on reviewing this site with a fine tooth comb to see what great advice I can soak up.
