Axolotl Eggs

[LolaAndDani27]

Hello.

Approximately 36 hours ago my female Wild Type axolotl laid her first eggs with one of our male Leucistics . I have about 50 eggs now in a separate tank. The eggs are white at the bottom and brown at the top. However, I came home from work today and some of them had a white dot on the top of their black, I was just wondering if they were still alive and if all was normal .... Some of the eggs have also turned a little white with weird black markings, is that normal as well...

We live in New Zealand and we don't have a heater in the tank yet as we were not expecting any eggs so the heater should arrive in 3 days - would the eggs be fine in tap water conditions....

Any answers are greatly appreciated as I would love for these baby axolotls to survive!!!

 

[AxolotlChris]

You've given quite a variety of description for the eggs, could you post some images to make it easier?

You want to use dechlorinator on the tap water, use a brand like Tetra, or Fluval, these will remove metal toxins as well as chlorine and chloramines. Water Conditioner | A8342 | Water Care | Fluval

The heater isn't really needed, unless you want to speed up the time it takes for the eggs to develop and then hatch.

I've raised all mine without a heater with no issue!

Read this link regarding larvae and rearing: Axolotls - Rearing from Egg to Adult

 

[LolaAndDani27]

Thank you for your reply. I have a few photos but they are not the best of quality as they are from my iPhone.