Question: How much longer will she be!?

[jemmapatten1]

My Black axie has been laying for a whole 24 hours now, I have had her for 5 years and this is the first time she has laid eggs I actually thought I had three boys!!! She is sharing a tank with two others and they are not giving her any grief they are feed and happy but I am thinking "how much longer can this go for!!!"
I have set up another tank with dechlorinated water and oxygen for the eggs to go in but there is well over 250 eggs in the tank. She has covered everything and anything she can, the plants have a layer on three eggs thick all over them!!
I want to raise some on the eggs and give it a go...but only around fifty. So from what I gather from other threads I can leave the rest in the tank and they will get eaten.
Thought I have feed her while she is having a rest, and am guessing she is going to be hungry when she finally finishes, but is there any way to tell when she is finished?
And also since she has decided she is going to lay eggs will she be doing this alot from now on???

Any ideas or links that I could go to would be ideal.... Thanks heaps....

Jemma

 

[lea]

i have know idea how long it will take..someone with more knowledge on that subject will jump in soon with the answers....but your girl deserves an extra juicy worm for dinner it has been a big day and night for her..... from what i understand you can leave the eggs you dont want in the tank and they will be eaten or you could give them away to other carers if someone wants them..........good luck with the babies you keep

 

[jemmapatten1]

Thanks, I think from reading other posts for the last few mins, I will not keep 50! that seems like alot!!! Maybe 15? taking into account its my first time and some will prob die!!!

 

[melfly]

Hiya
Congratulations!

You are right to not want to 'save' all the eggs.

My gold recently laid about 300 eggs and was laying for about 18 hours.
I took about 200 out (of which i kept a handful) and left them 100 to eat, which they did, although after a week or so i fished out about 20 that they had missed.

15 sounds like a sensible number to keep.
Read up on rearing, they are very time consuming but worth it!

If she lays too much it could be bad for her, Fred laid one batch of 300 then 4 weeks later another 200 (i have 14 of these) . If she had laid again so soon after this i would have seperated her from my male.

Good luck let us know how you go on!

Mel

 

[bayhicoach]

Even 15 will seem like alot when you're in the middle of raising them. I ordered two sets of 10 eggs from two different people on this site. Both of these generous individuals sent extra eggs to make sure I got what I ordered. I split the eggs with a fellow teacher, put several outside in my pond and am raising 17 larvae right now. The biggest pain so far is the requirement for live food. I'm hopeful that they'll start eating frozen foods soon. Have fun.

 

[blueberlin]

Raising 15 is nothing like trying to house 15 adults. I would only raise as many as I could keep, because even folks who say they want some may change their minds when the time comes. In any case, good luck to you!

-Eva

 

[jemmapatten1]

Awesome, so I have kept 10 eggs to raise but I have a new issues,

Will my axies eat all the rest of the eggs? should I remove them after a while? will they affect my water quality???

Thanks for the replies to far!!!

 

[blueberlin]

Awesome, so I have kept 10 eggs to raise but I have a new issues,

Will my axies eat all the rest of the eggs? should I remove them after a while? will they affect my water quality???

Thanks for the replies to far!!!

The axolotls may not eat the eggs as this is an "acquired taste" - they don't know the eggs are edible and they aren't that easy to eat. Once an axolotl learns that eggs are edible, though, s/he will always eat them. The axolotls WILL, however, eat the larvae once they hatch. Absolutely positively, although some larvae may manage to hide and so escae for awhile. There is no need to remove the eggs. They will hatch in about 2 weeks. The ones that are "duds" and do not develop, you can remove afterwards. They are enclosed sacs and will not foul yor water. If you have snails, they will even eat the leftover shells once your larvae hatch.

-Eva

 

[jemmapatten1]

This is GREAT news!!!!

Thank you so much! I am going to sit back and enjoy watch these eggs develop!!!
Its all very exciting the first time round!!!

 

[blueberlin]

It's exciting each time - but nothing is like the first time, eh? Have fun - and success! ad do let us share in your enjoyment (pictures, updates....)

-Eva