Nigel and Sideshow Bob

[leanne]

Here are some photos of my little guys in their new (55 GALLON!!) tank. Could axies be any more awesome? I don't think so

 

[leanne]

Here's the second photo taken right after the first, of Nigel realizing I'm next to the tank, so he is coming out of the pipe to get some food, heh. I thought this photo was neat also because of the play of light on Nigel's gills (I know you axolotl people understand that aesthetic observation

).

 

[aimee]

nice setup and very handsome axies

 

[cynthia]

Leanne - great pictures. Nice gills on your axolotls. The setup looks great.

 

[leanne]

Thanks guys! I'm so glad axies were invented

 

[bookie]

those are some cute axies. i like there gills. what kind is your black axie? were did u find your plastic tubes. i cant seem to find any.

 

[leanne]

The black axie is a "wild type" variety. The pipes are PVC fittings that you can get at any hardware store (cheap, too!). Don't get the black kind, though---that is actually ABS pipe, not PVC, and it has harmful toxins that are emitted when they are placed in water.

 

[bookie]

hey thanks. i gots to remember PVC. so PVC is just any white plastic tube or what. i know there the ones for water supply holding under the ground

 

[shane]

what are the plants you have? that one in the first picture it looks nice. nice axies Btw. how old are they?

 

[leanne]

You're right---the PVC is pipe for underground water (little do the hardware store guys know, their PVC will be used for underwater water

).

Shane, I have never had too much success with live plants up to this point, so all my stuff is plastic

My axolotls are about 6 months old I think.

 

[rheann]

Leanne, cute Axies! Is the one Axie all black? If he is, he looks like the same color as my Black Axolotl Grimace Gargamel

very cute! I love the brown spots on the white axies face. I also like your set-up ^_^ I also have black sand in my tank.

 

[leanne]

Rheann, the black sand is cool, isn't it! I only wish they had dark purple......

Nigel is pretty much all black, except if you look closely you can see that he is more bluish with black spots here and there. Do you have a photo of Grimace? I will do a search and see!

When I got Sideshow Bob he didn't have either of his front "hands" and had no freckles at all, but his hands regenerated within 2 weeks and his freckles developed within about a month (makes him look like a little kid, heh).

 

[jon]

over here in the uk we get coloured play sand which is non-toxic and comes in many colours including purple!! i think its called "safari play sand"

 

[leanne]

WOW, AWESOME!!!!!! I bet they don't sell that stuff in the United States, dangit!

 

[michael]

Hi Leanne,
They look great. Are you sure the black one isn't a melanoid? Most wild types have more markings. Their is a great deal of variation in both types.
Michael

 

[leanne]

Well, if anyone knows what Nigel is it would be you, since I bought them from ya! I thought he was a wild type, but maybe he's melanoid? He sure is great, though, both of them---I keep having to restrain myself from buying more from you, but the two of them seem to have staked out their territory in the giant aquarium already....

 

[jon]

leanne try this:
http://www.sandtastik.com/categories.asp
good luck
berny

(Message edited by bernyone on September 24, 2005)

 

[michael]

You would think I'd know. Some of the melanoids have a few blotches. Some of the wilds don't have many markings. In the back of head is a thought of coming to visit your campground next year. I'd like to travel a little but havn't for years.

 

[leanne]

We are right in the National Forest off the Appalachian Trail, and there are lots of caudates hiding everywhere

That would be great to have a forum visitor here!

 

[mark]

jon burns is that a diy background and if not can you give details on where i can get them
mark