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Question: Why do the Uk not have any exotic colors?

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Most I see are wildtypes, lecuistic and golden, but never any of the more exotic colored ones.
There must be owners in the uk that have unusual ones that can breed and sell eggs
 
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What do you mean by exotic?
There are loads of colours - several shades of wiltype (green, brown, black & gold, speckled, pink/purple/brown gills), golden and white albino, leucisitcs of varying 'dirtiness', grey or black melanoid, copper, and hopefully chocolate copper melanoids in the near future. And if you know who to talk to there are harlequins and chimeras too.

The only thing we can't have are GFP as they are illegal as genetically modified animals.
 
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auntiejude said:
What do you mean by exotic?
There are loads of colours - several shades of wiltype (green, brown, black & gold, speckled, pink/purple/brown gills), golden and white albino, leucisitcs of varying 'dirtiness', grey or black melanoid, copper, and hopefully chocolate copper melanoids in the near future. And if you know who to talk to there are harlequins and chimeras too.

The only thing we can't have are GFP as they are illegal as genetically modified animals.
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the harlequin, chimera and a purple one would be good to have but never see them for sale in the uk let alone any eggs.
am not really a fan of the wildtype colours, prefer more brightly coloured ones. glow in the dark ones sound weird and not good at all.
 
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Harlequin, chimera, and purple are all rare genetic anomolies, you can't just breed two chimeras and sell a bunch of chimera eggs, though that would be nice. I have a pair that occasionally throws chimeras, I have had 3 show up out of 1000 or so eggs. Most people who grow them aren't willing to sell them because they are so rare, and if they do sell them, they go for extremely high prices. Hope that answers your question!
 
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I regularly sell wildtypes, albinos, golden albinos, melanoid albinos, leucistics, melanoids and I will have coppers at the end of the year. Just keep a look out for the less common morphs, they are available though your unlikely to see lavenders, harlequins or piebalds.
 
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bellyache said:
Most I see are wildtypes, lecuistic and golden, but never any of the more exotic colored ones.
There must be owners in the uk that have unusual ones that can breed and sell eggs
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I see more than that in my local aquatics shops! :rofl:

Stuart
 
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Stupot1610 said:
I see more than that in my local aquatics shops! :rofl:

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i would never buy an axolotl from a shop as they are never treated well, shared filter with other fish, bright lights, no caves/cover, gravel, even one place had them placed in warm water, it should have been cold but the lights heated it up so much a tropical fish would have found it good.
 
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Stupot1610 said:
I see more than that in my local aquatics shops!
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Exactly. With the adults I currently have I can reliable produce almost every main colour there is, and like Ian I hope to have coppers later in the year. And I trade with one or two trusted aquarium specialist stores - one I know have the knowledge to care for axies.
 
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bellyache said:
i would never buy an axolotl from a shop as they are never treated well, shared filter with other fish, bright lights, no caves/cover, gravel, even one place had them placed in warm water, it should have been cold but the lights heated it up so much a tropical fish would have found it good.
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My local aquatics shops treat them very well actually, almost as well as I treat mine :wacko:
They also have H.orientalis, which, although are wild caught, are treated as they should be too (i.e. Sand, cold water, lots of plants). I still would buy the H.orientalis though.

Stuart
 
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