Hey guys moved into a new apartment a few weeks ago stopped in the pet store and was thrilled to see axotls and employees who actually had some knowledge abt them. I noticed a strange white substance that one of them was eating when i asked what it was they said it was tilapia and that all of there axotls exclusivly eat it and he confidently assured me this was a very good food for them. Ive been feeding it to them for the past few weeks and they seem to really enjoy it.... being tht i have a freezer full it is quite a cost effective food source, wondering if it would be safe to feed them this quite frequently?
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Feeding axie tilapia
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Coastal Groovin
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It's fine if fed a few times a month but you need to feed worms and pellets along with it. It will not be nutritionally complete. It will definitely be lacking calcium and Vitamin A.
auntiejude
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Ironic really, because tilapia are one of the invasive species that is contributing to the extinction of axolotls....
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