Brown axo's

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Here are some headshots of the brown axolotl morph

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Very nice Henk, you take some amazing photographs! Here is one of my axies,
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Interesting animal Andy, with such dark colouration, how did you get it to metamorphose, and was it a "wild type"?
I have read that they do not survive too long after morphing, what is your experience?
 
Hi Mike, this wildtype was one i bred and it morphed naturally at about six months. The picture was taken about three weeks after metamorphosis and it has since taken on a slightly more adult appearance, i'll post a more recent picture over the next few days. Why it morphed i cant answer, it was in a tank with several siblings that remain unchanged.
The question of it not living long crossed my mind as this does seem to often be the case, but on further investigation it seems that short lived "morpholotls" are usually artificially induced, this one seems to be fine at the moment and i'd be surprised if it didn't live a normal life
 
The brown axolotls are quite attractive.

I have noticed that the aussies post quite a few pictures of brownish/cinnamon colored axolotls. Does anyone in the US have any that color? Anyone? Anyone? (echo echo echo)
 
They are around but I can't remember where. I had some a couple years ago.
 
Thanks for the compliments on the shots, though I guess the models are in there for something too.
I have a shot of a metamorhpsed white one.. will see if I can post it.
I really adore this brown ones, but they seem to be a bit more difficult to raise (at least I'm having a bit of trouble with them).
 
Michael, did you have problems with the brown ones that you had?
 
Cynthia,

I had problems finding room to keep all of the different types of axolotls. I hatched them out and passed them on.
Michael
 
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