Axie safe planting medium?

[Silver]

I'm building an aquaponics tank, and I've been trying to figure out what sort of soil to use for my plants. Will coir work? Or topsoil? What might be dangerous to the axolotl?

 

[jAfFa CaKe]

Normally soil is just going to cause problems, if not mixed up or changed regularly (which would make the tank very murky) it creates perfect breeding ground for bacteria which could harm your axolotl. Your axie may dig up plants and get the soil everywhere as it is very easy to pull up. You can get sand that are good for plants and safe for axies.

 

[xxianxx]

Axolotls dig plants up, have you considered free floating plants ? Elodea and hornwort are good choices, they are quite resistant to damage and if brocken regenerate new plants

 

[Boomsloth]

Axolotls dig plants up, have you considered free floating plants ? Elodea and hornwort are good choices, they are quite resistant to damage and if brocken regenerate new plants

yeah definitely go with free floating plants. When people created planted aquariums they add soil on the bottom layer and cap it off with something that prevents it from mucking up the water. An axolotl would just dig straight down to the soil. The other option is using small pots for the plants.