Unidentified Tadpole Looking Thing

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hi i just brought two newts about 1cm long and a axolotl adult male in the daphnia culture i got for the newts wich by the way died on the way home totally gutted there was a tadpole or two swimming in the daphnia cuture is it posible to tell if it is a newt or axolotl? as she breeds both and has babies for both species or it could just be a tad pole not sure if she had tadpoles it has a tinge of red on a black body
 
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so how do i go about careing for the daphnia and the tadpoli want it to survive be it axie or newt i am on holiday so i have the male axie in a plastic childs paddleing pool outside in fust enough water to cover it should i put the tadpole in there at the risk of it getting eaten or should i leave it in the coke bottle with the daphnia to grow till i get home? leave on the 29th 9 days time
 
Make sure that no animals have access to the paddling pool (ie cats) as they may tend to "play" with the axolotl and kill it.

Keep the tadpole/larva separate from the axolotl, otherwise it will become dinner!

As long as it is eating the daphnia with no problem. You could keep the larva in a marg/icecream container and add some of the daphnia to the container, and just change the water daily (as needed) and feed more daphnia as needed. It might be a newt larva. Have you checked with the breeder to find out what it could be?
 
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i have a sneaky suspicion it may be a gold axolotl because the was another one with a white tail that one has died there is only one left i have emptied the tadpole and daphnia into a bucket and i killed quite a few of the daphnia doing that so now thwy are outside in a bucket

midnight is still in her container and the male whom is black i call pango wich in maori means black is out side in the kids plastic shell paddleing pool under the tramp for shade and has a wooden cover on top seem to be okay

can any one tell me what to do with the daphnia and tadpole for 9 days till i go home not sure how to keep em alive other than sunlight but it may be to hot for the tadpole
 
does any one have pics of baby axies at varyous ages its very fat and about a cm long more tail than body
 
I have a separate bucket (or buckets) of daphnia round the side of the house. I keep axolotl larvae in the small tanks and just add the daphnia or mozzy larvae which now seems to be flourishing to the tank as they seem to dwindle.

Leave the daphnia in the bucket.

As you only have one (larva) you can keep it in a smallish container inside. Keep it in dechlorinated water and just add daphnia to it and spotclean (suck up any bits/waste that appear). Add daphnia as they dwindle - you'll also be able to see if it's actually eating or not (if it is, it's stomach will be quite rounded over the next few days). Otherwise keep an eye out for any mozzy larvae that also may be in the vicinity of your house (in water) and add to the container for it to consume.
 
thanks for that will move the tadpole tomorrow morning here's a pic of the tad pole not a very good one thau I am going to get two replacement newts for the two that died today on our way home would it be better to put them in a plastic bag? from massey to papakura si brought them home in one of them small plasic chinese containers
 
Doesn't look like any axolotl larvae I've ever raised so may be a tadpole. Does it have gills at all?

Glad to hear you're getting replacements. If you find it easier to plastic bag them, ask the breeder to put oxygen in the top part of the bag and rubber band it, then place in another plastic bag and fill with oxygen (from an air pump). then rubber band the top. Then keep them in a container/bucket and make sure they're a bit cushioned and cool (you could use icepacks).

I've transferred 1-2 cm larvae using the fresh n fruity yoghurt containers. I just made sure it was kept cool and didn't slosh round too much.
 
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I dont think that is an axolotl because they have gills. I think it might be some kind of frog. It looks a lot like the tadpoles that used to be in our pond outside.
 
aww

I hope its not a frog does ne1 no if frogs have arrow heads? also has stripes from the back to the front of its head hopefully i can keep it alive and make it grow and see what it is

I have moved it inside and the daphnia are still outside in the bucket i have been feeding the daphnia green water the breeder gave me
 
if its a tadpole it shouldnt be hard to keep at all....and the hotter the temps the faster they morph...its a frog then it'll take alittle longer to morph than a toad...but if its a bullfrog then it can take a year to morph
 
hi the mystery has a clear tail like an axie or newt and when it swims the thick brown part of a real axie tail looks like a tadpole tail
 
That's definitely not an axolotl. It's a tadpole. Tadpole tails are like axolotl tails...in a way.
 
axies also have gills which you can see even before they hatch from the egg.
 
aww what a sad does any one know what a newt loks like? stil haven't heard from the breeder yet email this am i so dont wana keep it then if its a tadpole i'll feed it to my axie

hey by the way he has what looks like algae growing on him like green patches is that bad? also he has a little grwth on his body is that any thing to worry about?
 
Newt larvae look almost the same as axolotl larvae. They have branching gills and more slender bodies than the tadpole in the picture you posted.
 
well it dont have any branching gills so safe to say its just a tadpole? could it be a goldfish?
 
i've kept frogs for a long time and i know thats a tadpole i'm 99percent sure its a tadpole...feed it well and if u want it to morph faster keep it in warmer waters no warmer than 75 degrees ofcourse but I would keep it at a steady 65 to 70 degrees.....its a tadpole!!
 
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