Axolotl food

Depends on the pellets emil. Some of the ones in the states are meant to be good. Are you meaning the little round pellets in the plastic jar with a purple label and yellow lid?

And Alex - Juliet was getting the knack of it within days. Once it gets dark outside she's waiting around the bowl. She is a little piggy though, which will help!

Earthworms are naturally high in calcium, and have a good calciumhosphorus ratio. Good-quality carnivore pellets for fish are (or should be) well balanced for calcium. Other live foods can be fed a good high-calcium diet before using. It is possible to "dust" feeders before using them, although most of the dust is likely to come off in the water. It's also possible to inject supplements into live feeders, but that's probably going farther than you want to go!

About the pellets. As far as i see, this are the same pellets fed to koi fish.
I searched for Rangen pellets (Indiana University)but couldn't find them in Europe. After some further search i found someone in Germany, who sold axolotl pellets (brandless). So i ordered them, but the price is a bit high because of the shipping costs. Then i came across koi fish pellets, i saw the Percentage. (protein, ash, fiber ect) and as far as i see, it's the same. But they are easy to get.

Can someone confirm this? Or are there ingredient in there that are bad for axolotls? With other words, can i give my axi's koi pellets.

(Message edited by DaMightyWackO on April 26, 2006)

I'm just about to bring home some lotties that have been reared on catfish pellets. The breeder is in the Zoology department at Oxford University (UK) so I can't imagine they don't know what they're doing. Could this be helpful? Or does anyone know of a good reason why this might not be such a good idea?

As I understand it, Koi are omnivores. Axolotls (and also trout and salmon and probably catfish) are carnivores. In addition to the % protein, also look at the ingredients list. I think the Koi pellets will not hurt them, but they may contain ingredients that are irrelevant and not well digested. I would suggest supplementing the Koi pellets with worms, etc.

Here is another pellet product that should "in theory" be adequate for axolotls:
http://www.hikari.info/tropical/t_05.html

Part of whether a pellet food works well or not depends on how it smells. For this, you just have to try and see.

The above pic says:
"TYPICAL ANALYSIS
Min Crude Protein 48%
Min Crude fat 9%
Max Crude Fibre 5%
Max Moisture 8%

Specifically formulated for Axolotl to maintain growth and health"

On the other side:

"Directions
Feed twice daily, only what they will consume in 6-10 minutes"


Hope the pics and info help.

HA, exactly the same as mine, looks the same, has the same analysis- everything. excpet the packaging, i dont like to use them much unless im in a rush and they need feeding

Wow, I've never seen a food specifically for axolotls! I think this is a vivid demonstration of how popular these guys are as pets in AU and NZ. It'll be a LONG time until we see such a product in US pet shops! What are the top 4 or 5 ingredients in these?

I have a specalised food for them as well aquarium science makes them and ther suposd to be a high quality formulated food

This is also very effective and has almost the same typical analysis


And axies go crazy with it....

I have the Allpet ones and the aquarium scince ones. They're basically the same but AS have 1% more in everything. Instead of 48% protien it's 49, etc. :P Gonnie LOVES them but he always misses!

i have got nutrafin turtle pellets, as i used to have turtles, and i am not sure if these are good 4 axolotls it says on the back complete food for turtles and many repitles and amphibians.