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Madda

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Hi all just thought i would say hi. My wonderful kids have just bought me an axolotl as an early mothers day present. I have always wanted one, how good are my kids? I found this site while looking for info on them, so i am still trying to find my way around.
I am from central queensland and these guys are hard to get a hold of.
If anyone has any suggestions for me it would be greatly appreciated as i have never had one before. I have been checking out some of the previous threads and are all very useful.
I just dont want anything to go wrong with my little guys as she or he is so cute.
Thanks all and looking forward to some help.
 
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G'day Madda,

great to see another Aussie here :). Axies are fairly hardy, if you've kept an aquarium before have a look at the links from Jennewt and you shouldn't have too many problems. The biggest trick in most parts of Australia is keeping the water temperature down during Summer.

Best of luck,

Peter
 
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thanks guys for you welcome

I have already found the water temp a bit of a drama. I have been keeping one to two frozen ice blocks in the tank that float on top. it is the only thing i can do at the moment to keep temp down. I dont know if it is the done thing but it is working. I looked around our pet stores today and couldnt find any aquatic fans does any one know where you can get them from or any other ideas on how to keep razors water temp down?

thanks heaps
 
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Hi Madda,
I have found that a pedestal fan
works great for me.
Also I have about a dozen 1 litre soft
drink bottles of declorinated water in the freezer.
I hope this is of some help.
Cheers,
Chris.
 
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Madda

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thanks Chris,

maybe i will try the softdrink bottles they will take up alot less room than the bricks i am using. Thanks for you help. I will also try the pedestal fan.
 
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i have seen on ebay fans that can clip on to fish tanks. they come from hong kong of course.

how how is it up there in queensland atm? im in sydney but looking at getting one for chirstmas but worried about the temperature.

thinking a getting a chiller. found some for around 350.

all up the tank has cost me close to 800 if i get that.
 
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