Please post pictures of your tank!!

[emmyk]

Tank update--

Got some mondo grass today. Hoping Stanley won't kill it. Lol. Long freaking day, so I turned on the light for the second time since I set it up, and its looking good. Nice and relaxing. Gonna order some moss balls and some sort of floater so I can have the light on more often. As you can see Stanley is hiding in his cave, away from the light. Haha

 

[NadeZ]

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[HMontross]

Instead of a tank, I now have an indoor pond! I'm still doing some finishing steps (like slowly cutting the tarp back), but I'm nearly done!. Ted (leucistic) and Melvin (wild type) just moved in this morning!

 

[kcoscia]

Tank update--

Got some mondo grass today. Hoping Stanley won't kill it. Lol. Long freaking day, so I turned on the light for the second time since I set it up, and its looking good. Nice and relaxing. Gonna order some moss balls and some sort of floater so I can have the light on more often. As you can see Stanley is hiding in his cave, away from the light. Haha

mondo grass actually isn't a fully aquatic plant. Chain pet stores sell it that way for god knows why. It will survive for a few months, but slowly die. I would take it out.

If you want a plant that has a grassy look I would suggest either:

Small: Micro sword
Medium: corkscrew vals
Large: jungle vals (large and tall)

 

[HMontross]

I love the caves!

 

[NadeZ]

Instead of a tank, I now have an indoor pond! I'm still doing some finishing steps (like slowly cutting the tarp back), but I'm nearly done!. Ted (leucistic) and Melvin (wild type) just moved in this morning!

That's really cool! How are you filtering it?

 

[JonDabs]

baby axolotl on left in small tank and then my big guy in the 55g on the right so he can swim right up to my shoulder when Im on the computer

 

[Equus]

My 15 gallon. Currently holding my Melanoid. I am going to fill the bottom a bit more as soon as I get more rocks.

 

[NeelyBryanne]

This is an amazing thread!!! It's so helpful to see how others have set up their tanks and the feedback provided. I'm currently in the process of cycling a new tank and can not wait to get a couple axies!!! As soon as the tank is set up completely, I'll post a pic! So far it's a little bare

 

[natsharp14]

I have the same thermometer as most of you (it's the floating one with the suction cup) but mine has never stuck it just falls off do I need to put it in without water in the tank?
at the moment I just have it floating

 

[spyro]

Does our tank look okay? we have fake plants and a bare bottom tank as our axies are still quite small we didnt want to put sand in yet.

 

[Bette]

Does our tank look okay? we have fake plants and a bare bottom tank as our axies are still quite small we didnt want to put sand in yet.

I like it! Very colorful.

 

[praiselujah]

This is my tank for my albino Vimes! It has medium grain sand and that light is definitely not on all the time. There's a cave behind that big blue plant and i made the smaller cave with the turtle balancing on that cave and the orange rock. There should be an orange skull in there but he knocks it over constantly so it's probably behind the blue plant

 

[spyro]

Do you think river rocks would be okay to use in our tank? I'd obviously boil them to get rid of parasites etc and I read you should test them with vinegar to see if they fizz?

 

[Bette]

Sounds ok as long as you sterilize them good. Haven't heard of the vinegar test, but it does make sense.

 

[keiko]

The vinegar test shows if the rock is limestone. Limestone could affect the Gh. Though as axies aren't very picky about the Gh it wouldn't matter very much. Infact in Finland many people choose to put limestone in their tanks because the water is often a bit on the soft side.

 

[spyro]

Great thank you!

 

[spyro]

Made another cave and rearranged the water babies home excuse the tank guard in the corner. She loves watching them swim.

 

[Jonjey]

I just added sand so it's a bit cloudy, but I added some more plants and re-arranged my rock hides.

 

[Alkylhalide]

Here is part of my tank, it has came together quite nice I think. Little dirty dont mind that lol