Female with eggs - what to do to stop breeding?

[Heather at HMSG]

Hi - I moved the largest of my February hatched babes from the communal babes tank, when she ate a tiny sibling. 'Spot' (too small to sex at the time) joined 'Sparkle' (see the pic to the LHS), an 18 month old golden albino male, in his tank. During siphoning today I found eggs in & on the sand - about 20. Then I saw how dark & fat Spot is now, & deduced her sex! She is about 6 - 7 inches long & leucistic. Can I stop her producing more eggs, or is she on a roll, until empty? I realise she is too young to be breeding, although a fast grower &, so far, apparently healthy

Advice please.

Many thanks,

Heather, Spot & Sparkle

 

[oceanblue]

My guess is she will lay a batch of eggs, but I would separate her in a week or so and keep her well fed to encourage her to keep growing.

 

[Greatwtehunter]

Given the fact that she is so young and this is her first clutch I doubt she'll lay to many eggs and there is also a good chance a bunch of them will be infertile. I think your best option is just to seperate her now to prevent further breeding after she finishes this round.

 

[Heather at HMSG]

Update: about 15 or 16 eggs produced only, & all hatched in the last 3 days. I've been careful to check the tank daily for any sign of male activity, & none since! Brine shrimp hatchery working well - as chance would have it, we needed brine shrimp eggs for a practical 2 weeks ago, so I have a good supply to hand - there must be millions in 60g.......

Do many people expand to keeping axies in large outside tanks? I wondered about a water trough type size?

Heather & proud(?) parents Sparkle & Spot

 

[vladimere]

what makes a great tub from whn i was frist accidently breeding(i had no clue about axolotls then) i happened to find a three meter wide round bath tub it was close to a meter deep i kept sumthinmg like 5 axies in that n thats how i accidently got breeding at the time the water i was useing in it was from a local creek that was fed by a natural rain fall system further up but they thrived in it i kept that in my carport wth roller door shut constantly