Filtered tank + eggs

[lisa5691]

So my axolotls have laid eggs everywhere lol my tank is filtered with an internal filter and I plan to move the parents to a different tank instead of the eggs. My question is: do I leave my internal filter running until the eggs hatch or just turn if off now? If the water is stagnant will it effect the eggs? Should I do water changes? I changed the water a few days before she began spawning so there really isn't much good particles or poop in it. Also my eggs look like lol styrophome balls inside the jelly. Both my axolotls are albinos. That's how they should look right? The eggs are only two days old.

 

[Dr0gr1n]

Filter is fine unless it has grating big enough to allow the hatchlings to be sucked up. A pre filter sponge would solve this issue. Also if you were to turn the filter off you would end up killing your good bacteria in the filter and your cycled tank may crash. I use a low powered air pump in my hatching containers to keep water moving around the eggs, the filter will do this in your case. No need to do the water changes if the adults are not adding to the waste in the tank. The first couple days the eggs will look like a ball then they will start to bean in shape.



Temp will affect hatch/growth rate. Warmer water will cause faster hatch times.

Hope this helps a bit.

There is a day by day tutorial on here somewhere if you look.

 

[Olivia97]

Thought i should add, it will be much easier for you in the long run to take the eggs out not the adults, babies can be tricky to feed and a huge tank won't help. I've heard great success stories with people using tupperware containers or plastic take out containers. Good luck

 

[Axolotl4life]

Olivia is right. Its much easier to remove the eggs than the adults. I was hesitant my first time but its simple. I've maybe damaged a couple eggs in the thousand I've moved. You can pry their sticky eggs off whatever they might be adhered to with your fingernail. Use a fish net or turkey baster to snag em all for transferring to a plastic container accompanied by an air-stone. But be careful with the turkey baster method; becoming one with the baster takes some practice. Be sure to make sure the air-stone does not create too much current. Heavy current will cause a great deal of stress. Good luck with the babies! Its a lot of work getting them to adulthood but its an awesome experience!

 

[Kaysie]

I agree. Eggs are a lot tougher than they look. You can peel eggs off without much problem.

I would never raise larvae in anything but tupperware.

 

[lisa5691]

My tank isn't that huge, it's a 15gal. I was in the process of finding a larger tank when she started spawning. Thanks for the help! I think I will use a large fish net I have laying around to put around the filter grate so they don't get sucked in, however she managed to get eggs into the filter, not very many. I guess those may just end up as casualties. I only see two. Today they began to become bean like. I'm so excited!!!

 

[FX1C]

Today they began to become bean like. I'm so excited!!!

Don't you mean Egg-cited

It's very eggciting
good luck with becoming
an axie nanny



<3 >o_o< <3

 

[Olivia97]

What do you plan to feed them? Axie babies need feeding twice daily and sticking your arm in with a pipette to feed hundreds of tiny mouths will be tricky. A+ for the tupperware

 

[lisa5691]

I plan to move them all to Tupperware once they have hatched and move mum and dad back to their big tank.