Question: Axolotls laid eggs...

[skelly98]

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[auntiejude]

Clean dechlorinated tap water.
Change the water when all the BBS are dead, or at least remove the dead ones and change the water daily.

 

[skelly98]

Soooo they seem to be doing well, and I'm raising about 40-50 at the moment.... What size should I sell them at, and what should I sell them for? I don't really want to make money, just find homes. How should I do this?

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[sde]

I have not sold axis or any phibs before, but I think I have heard that shipping at the mid larvae stage is good? I am not sure about a good price, but I personally think that the average price is outrageous! I would sell one larvae for $5 each, that would be a low price, and you would probably get lots of costumers. So that's $100 for 20 larvae, I would say that's a nice price. That's not including shipping. A good shipping is FedEx $30 one day shipping. You should put up a add in the add section, a great place to start.
Hope this helps! -Seth

 

[hzlotl]

You be the judge on water changes. Let them eat as much bbs as they can for a few hours. After a few hours you may start seeing dead bbs at the bottom of the tank, and they can start to spoil the water, so that's when you wanna get the water changed. I usually feed my babies and after 5 or so hours I do a water change. And yes, when they jump up, that's when they are eating, it's adorable.
Just make sure that you can see big orange bellies in your little guys. That means they are getting enough bbs to eat.
Good luck!:happy:

 

[skelly98]

Alright, so two days ago I had a die-off, but the rest had orange bellies that day. Any idea what might of happened? Water quality tested fine, plus my dechlorinator removes ammonia and all the other nasties... Survival of the fittest, maybe? Anyways, at what length should I start bloodworms? And how do I chop them?

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[auntiejude]

Alright, so two days ago I had a die-off, but the rest had orange bellies that day. Any idea what might of happened? Water quality tested fine, plus my dechlorinator removes ammonia and all the other nasties... Survival of the fittest, maybe?

It happens, no reason sometimes. I lost half of mine at 2 weeks and never found the reason.

Anyways, at what length should I start bloodworms? And how do I chop them?

About 4 weeks (1.5-2") is good, or when you get sick mof hatching brineshrimp !
Chopping bloodworms is easiest with scissors - just defrost some frozen bloodwrom in a little tank water and chop at them with sharp scissors. Any that are too big just won't get eaten.