Question: Can i feed Microworms to my newly hatched Axolotl larvae?

[Cheylee]

I'm doing my research and i'm finding a variety of food suggestions and i was wondering what you guys thought about microworms.

They seem easy to harvest and keep alive. They also appear small enough, to me, for the baby Axolotls to eat.

I also have a few frozen foods to try as well but since they appaerently like to go after moving prey i would like to have a supply of live food to feed them.

 

[axolotlfriend]

baby axies will not go after any prey that is not moving. so you should go with live prey when feeding your newly hatched axie. i'm using microworms right now to feed my week old axies and so far so good. Microworms are a foolproof culture, so its really hard to mess them up unlike daphnia. The only downfall to feeding microworms is its said to be lacking in the nutrition that other foods have like brineshrimp and daphnia. another down fall is that microworms are so small that axies will only accept them for the first few weeks and then your off to find another source of food. personally i think if its your first time its worth it just to have some microworms on hand in case things fall through and you need something to feed your babies. microworms also propagate very quickly you can literally start harvesting them within 24 hours of starting your culture.

hope this helps

 

[Cheylee]

It helped me very much. Thank you. I just need to order some microworms off line and hope they get here before all of my babies hatch. Even though this is the first batch almost all of the eggs are developing well.

 

[Jennewt]

Microworms will get them through the first week or two, but the axies will quickly outgrow them. Be very careful not to add too many microworms at once - a tiny bit goes a long way.

You are in the US, so you should be able to find a source of live blackworms. I recommend getting a phone book and calling every small aquarium shop within driving distance and ask if they have live blackworms or live bloodworms (some shops mistakenly call them bloodworms). You can feed these (chopped) from the very start.

 

[Cheylee]

Well i work at one of our only pet shops around here and i know we don't have live ones. We only have frozen and freeze dried ones.

 

[Jennewt]

Well i work at one of our only pet shops around here and i know we don't have live ones. We only have frozen and freeze dried ones.

I'd still encourage you to check with other shops, particularly the small shops. Note that frozen bloodworms aren't the same kind of worms as live blackworms/bloodworms.

If there is truly no local source, you might want to consider mail order blackworms. It may cost $30, but if cared for properly, one order can last 1 month or more.

 

[Cheylee]

Ok. Thank you.