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Question: Adults with juvie?

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I have a juvie about 5 months old, in a 5 gal tank by itself for now. He/she is about 7 inches long now. I'd like to know at what size would it be safe to put it in with mature axies? I was thinking of adding the juvie to a 30 gal tank with two mature females.
 
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As a general rule, axolotls that are kept together should have less than 1 inch size difference between them. This is to avoid the larger one eating the smaller one. This is usually more of a problem with younger axolotls.
I wouldn't put a 7 inch juvenile in with mature axolotls, unless using a divider to separate them. This would also be quite important as your juvenile matures, just in case it is a male and you end up with an awful lot of unexpected eggs. :happy:
 
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Donna001 said:
As a general rule, axolotls that are kept together should have less than 1 inch size difference between them. This is to avoid the larger one eating the smaller one. This is usually more of a problem with younger axolotls.
I wouldn't put a 7 inch juvenile in with mature axolotls, unless using a divider to separate them. This would also be quite important as your juvenile matures, just in case it is a male and you end up with an awful lot of unexpected eggs. :happy:
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LOL that's why I have one mature in one tank separate from the other two. It's also why I have the juvenile in the first place! ;)

I think the juvie is OK in the tank he's in for now. Once he gets too big I'll move him to a 10 gal tank until I know his/her sex.
 
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With my three older axolotls, I collected them from somebody who needed to re-home them, and they were quite large already. They ended up in 3 separate tanks for a few weeks until they matured. Luckily they were all males, so they've all gone into the same tank. It was nice that they could be kept together as they had grown up together.
With my three juveniles,one is growing faster than the others, so that one may have to go into a separate tank soon.
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