Genetics? Has anyone had all one type of axolotl morphs die, while the rest are thriving?

[KatieM]

I have hatched a clutch of eggs from a Leucistic and a black Melanoid (not related). They're 2 months old now, and since the time of hatching, most of my dark babies have died off. They will be completely fine, then stop eating, then dead. It has to be something with their genetics, right?

I put this little guy in with the bigger ones only temporarily, just to show the difference.

 

[JM29]

Hi,
The smaller one seems not to have eaten anything while other obviously did.

Before speaking of genetics, can you evaluate the percentage of small dark ones (including those already dead) ?

 

[wolfen]

I have hatched a clutch of eggs from a Leucistic and a black Melanoid (not related). They're 2 months old now, and since the time of hatching, most of my dark babies have died off. They will be completely fine, then stop eating, then dead. It has to be something with their genetics, right?

I put this little guy in with the bigger ones only temporarily, just to show the difference.

I've attached a interesting bit of reading that might be of some use in the future.

 

[KatieM]

I have 102 that are light colored, and haven't lost a single one of them. I have lost 14 dark ones, and only have one left. The last one I lost was a larger one, belly still full of brine shrimp and white worms. He surprised me, because he seemed to be completely healthy.

 

[KatieM]

I've attached a interesting bit of reading that might be of some use in the future.

That is interesting.