Panicking axolotl mom. First batch of babies (unplanned)

[madamemonochrme]

So my little melanoid and leucistic surprised me with a batch of eggs this week. I'm panicking a little because I've only had my little ones since February and they are my first axolotls and I never dreamed of having babies this soon. The eggs are already at the crescent stage of egg development and I cannot find anything to feed them. I've heard that I can do daphnia or brien shrimp but I cannot find anyone locally to provide live specimens and everywhere I've seen to order want so much money for them.
I could really use some advice, especially on where I can obtain food before they hatch.
Thanks,
extremely panicked axie mom

 

[digitalxri0t]

Decapsulated Hatchable brine shrimp eggs 4 oz.

I believe this is what Willowcat told me of, he's says they're very easy to manage. I know you said a lot of the things are really expensive but if even these are a bit much you may want to consider culling eggs as babies are time consuming and sometimes expensive if you feed live foods.

 

[auntiejude]

Yes, definately cull the eggs down to whatever number you want to keep. How old are the eggs? Less than 4-5 days you can freeze them, older than that and you'll need to anaesthetise them by soaking in clove oil solution before freezing. I'd suggest keeping a dozen or so.

You really need to hatch your own brineshrimp. there is a tutorial here. I have been using decaspsulated brineshrimp eggs - easy and quick to hatch. And they only need them for about 2-3 weeks, until they are big enough for daphnia, bloodworms, microworms etc.
And you have time to set up a culture for daphnia or microworms etc.

Yes it's expensive, but worthwhile.

 

[RACH2910]

If you have any eggs you dont want and are willing to ship please message me! I would really rather you didnt freeze them aspecially because iknow i have time and space for them. thanks.