If you can vary their diet rather than just frozen bloodworm, if you can get earthworms. Though I do know a few people that just feed frozen bloodworm and axolotl pellets as they find it easier/cleaner than digging round for worms. Can you get any earthworms; they are generally cheap if you can buy some from a baitshop or online and then set up a wormbin.
Check out:
www.axolotl.org and read round the posts and if still confused about anything, ask.
We have axies in an unfiltered tank but we regularly test the water and do waterchanges if ammonia or nitrite levels rise above 0.
If you can get a tank and cycle it prior to getting an axolotl that's the best way to go; during the cycling period use that time to research up on them. Cycling takes anywhere from 3-8+ weeks.
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/cyclingEDK.shtml
Feeding is easy once you get the hang of it. Really depends on what type of tank floor/substrate you decide to have. Gravel/pebbles are a big no no. The best is no substrate or sand. With no substrate you can just drop the food in and it won't , if it's earthworms, bury itself in the sand/substrate. Otherwise you can handfeed or use a pair of tweezers or kebab stick with the worm jabbed on the end. If you use sand, some people have small plate in the tank where, after thawing the bloodworm cube, they drop it onto the plate
Your best cleaning tools are a siphon hose and turkey baster. Turkey basters come into their own on a daily basis when spotcleaning.
(Message edited by kapo on April 26, 2007)
(Message edited by kapo on April 26, 2007)
