Here are some links to basic info to get you started before you post.
Basics of housing axolotls:
Axolotls - Housing in Captivity
Photos of fully-aquatic setups (not all of these are suitable for axolotls):
Caudata Culture Articles - Setups, Aquatic
Filters
The most common types of filters used for axolotls are the hang-on-back waterfall filter, the canister filter, and sponge filters.
Basics of various types of filters:
Caudata Culture Articles - Filters
Basics of substrates for aquatic setups (not all of these are suitable for axolotls):
Caudata Culture Articles - Aquarium Substrates
Vivarium building projects, including examples of glued-down substrates:
Caudata Culture Articles - Vivarium Building Projects
What rocks are safe?
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...-substrate/71428-what-rocks-axolotl-safe.html
Information about algae, snails, worms, and other "critters" that show up in aquariums:
Caudata Culture Articles - Aquarium Invaders: Algae, Snails, Worms and Other Critters
Avoid using gravel, small stones, or marbles
Gravel, small stones and marbles pose a serious risk to axolotls, due to ingestion. Here are just a FEW of the many horror stories we have had on this forum to demonstrate this:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...um/70200-my-gold-axolotl-has-eaten-stone.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...4-how-can-you-sure-if-stone-impacted-not.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...ble-swimming-no-appetite-odd-shaped-head.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...-please-yet-another-stone-related-thread.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...ssion-free-all/79208-she-pooped-rocks-dx.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...otl/82033-axolotl-swallowed-large-marble.html
Includes X-rays:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...sick-axolotl/70292-axolotl-bloated-belly.html
Includes X-rays:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be.../f58-sick-axolotl/68478-large-rock-belly.html
Basics of housing axolotls:
Axolotls - Housing in Captivity
Photos of fully-aquatic setups (not all of these are suitable for axolotls):
Caudata Culture Articles - Setups, Aquatic
Filters
The most common types of filters used for axolotls are the hang-on-back waterfall filter, the canister filter, and sponge filters.
Basics of various types of filters:
Caudata Culture Articles - Filters
Basics of substrates for aquatic setups (not all of these are suitable for axolotls):
Caudata Culture Articles - Aquarium Substrates
Vivarium building projects, including examples of glued-down substrates:
Caudata Culture Articles - Vivarium Building Projects
What rocks are safe?
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...-substrate/71428-what-rocks-axolotl-safe.html
Information about algae, snails, worms, and other "critters" that show up in aquariums:
Caudata Culture Articles - Aquarium Invaders: Algae, Snails, Worms and Other Critters
Avoid using gravel, small stones, or marbles
Gravel, small stones and marbles pose a serious risk to axolotls, due to ingestion. Here are just a FEW of the many horror stories we have had on this forum to demonstrate this:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...um/70200-my-gold-axolotl-has-eaten-stone.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...4-how-can-you-sure-if-stone-impacted-not.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...ble-swimming-no-appetite-odd-shaped-head.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...-please-yet-another-stone-related-thread.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...ssion-free-all/79208-she-pooped-rocks-dx.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...otl/82033-axolotl-swallowed-large-marble.html
Includes X-rays:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...sick-axolotl/70292-axolotl-bloated-belly.html
Includes X-rays:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be.../f58-sick-axolotl/68478-large-rock-belly.html
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