Need your advices !!

Hello !

First of all my mother tongue is French so sorry in advance for my bad english !!

I have discover one year ago the axis...and fall in love !

Now I'm searching a maximum of information as I really love to adopt two axis in the future.

I have a few questions...

As I'd like to put plants in my tank can I put fertile ground under the sand without any risk for the axies as they usually "eat" the sand ?

I have read that axies do not support big current in the water...but can I use an water fall or an external filter ? And can I use this to make oxygene in the tank or will this create to much stress:

http://perso.orange.fr/pandore/bulles.JPG

I have a tank of 80x35x40 is it all rigth for two axies ?

For the light I was thinking of an open tank on the top with big plants and a lamp above like this :

Do you think it's ok ?

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(Message edited by jennewt on December 20, 2006)

your tank looks amazing.

not sure about the fertiliser stuff though....

What do you mean by "fertile ground"? You can use products such as "Laterite" or "Fluorite", those are OK. Do you mean actual dirt??

Yes, you can use an external filter. You just need a method to disperse (break) the current. You can use a spray bar, or put a rock in front of the flow.

Is this photo your tank? Or a photo you found someplace?

No, I mean like what I have put under the sand in the tanks for my cichlids to make the plants grow...like a bag of compost/soil you find in the specialised shop for fish.

I'm not sure to be clear !

The photo is not my tank, I have find this photo on the web but it's almost what I'd like to do for my axolotls...without the fishes naturally !!

I had a long phone call yesterday with a man who owns and breeds axies...he's living at 15 minutes from me ! He will offer me 4-5 babies axies in one month when they will able to eat meat...I'm really happy and very impatient !

I am not sure about those products you use for the cichlids. You do not want to put fertilizer into the tank. The most important thing is that the axolotls will eat some of the sand/gravel, so... it should be either very small (to pass easily through the digestion), or too large to swallow. So, be careful in choosing the sand - I like to use fine sand, and only a thin layer.

When you find a photo on the web, it is the "property" (copyright) of the person who posted it, even if it does not say so. I removed the photograph from your post because it is illegal to use photos from the web without permission. Sorry.