Just for some background I would like to think I have some experience in the hobby but had not been in the hoby for quite a while (like 20 years) On day last spring I decided it was time to get back into it. So I asked my wife what she wanted to keep and she said axolotls (she is in medical research and always had a soft spot for them). That summer I went about building my racks and setting up my tanks with a focus on heavly planted tanks with lots of invertebrates (Seed shrimp, Scuds, Daphnia and Red Cherry Shrimp). Wanted to give a "changless" tank a try and need to build the eco systems.
In October I ordered 30 eggs from another Caudata member, and they started hatching on 10/26/2023 (for about a week) and now I have 24 left (some eggs clouded, couple deformed etc...) most are over 4 inches and a few closer to 6. I fed them fresh hatched brine shrimp but included seed shrimp and daphnia into the tub when they hatched. About the time they got front nubs I moved them to tanks (absorb waste better) and started to transition them to chopped blood worms (with all the seed shrimp, scuds, daphnia and cherry shrimp they could catch). Now my live food is depleted in the tanks with axies (except cherry shrimp) and I got little monsters. I have raised a lot of salamanders from egg, but this is the first time for axies my question to the site is this normal to be at 6 weeks and 6 inches?
In October I ordered 30 eggs from another Caudata member, and they started hatching on 10/26/2023 (for about a week) and now I have 24 left (some eggs clouded, couple deformed etc...) most are over 4 inches and a few closer to 6. I fed them fresh hatched brine shrimp but included seed shrimp and daphnia into the tub when they hatched. About the time they got front nubs I moved them to tanks (absorb waste better) and started to transition them to chopped blood worms (with all the seed shrimp, scuds, daphnia and cherry shrimp they could catch). Now my live food is depleted in the tanks with axies (except cherry shrimp) and I got little monsters. I have raised a lot of salamanders from egg, but this is the first time for axies my question to the site is this normal to be at 6 weeks and 6 inches?