silk
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I finally got my 20L completely set up and cycled, and added my new friends from the Model Axolotl. I'm using Carib Sea "super naturals" very fine sand with some large aquarium stones, two terracotta pots and two pvc pipe joints with plenty of plants.
Nitrates/nitrites 0, ammonia 0 and pH is 8, tank temp a steady 68. The lotls themselves are beautiful and healthy, Dionysus being about 5 1/2" and Demeter being just over 5".
They haven't been interested in eating more than 1/2 a worm each but I did see Dionysus nip at Demeter's tail once and it occurred to me he seems so much bigger than she. They aren't too much different length wise, but I noticed Dionysus is a lot thicker than her - he's almost a solid 1/4" wider. I couldn't get an image from the top because my phone wouldn't focus but hopefully you can tell he's a good bit wider than she is from this picture.
Is this something I should just keep an eye on - feed them separately and make sure Demeter catches up a bit? - or should I take a little more extreme step and keep Demeter in another tank until they're both a little more mature? I believe they're nearing 6 months old.
*Please note the display light was only on for the purpose of pictures.
**I'm sorry for the massive amount of probably unnecessary information, these aren't my first axolotls but this is the first time I've had this issue and I don't know which route to take.
Nitrates/nitrites 0, ammonia 0 and pH is 8, tank temp a steady 68. The lotls themselves are beautiful and healthy, Dionysus being about 5 1/2" and Demeter being just over 5".
They haven't been interested in eating more than 1/2 a worm each but I did see Dionysus nip at Demeter's tail once and it occurred to me he seems so much bigger than she. They aren't too much different length wise, but I noticed Dionysus is a lot thicker than her - he's almost a solid 1/4" wider. I couldn't get an image from the top because my phone wouldn't focus but hopefully you can tell he's a good bit wider than she is from this picture.
Is this something I should just keep an eye on - feed them separately and make sure Demeter catches up a bit? - or should I take a little more extreme step and keep Demeter in another tank until they're both a little more mature? I believe they're nearing 6 months old.
*Please note the display light was only on for the purpose of pictures.
**I'm sorry for the massive amount of probably unnecessary information, these aren't my first axolotls but this is the first time I've had this issue and I don't know which route to take.