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Emmur

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Heyy,

For the past 3 years or so I've had a funny obsession with axolotls, and a few weeks back I found out they could be kept as pets. I'm hoping to get some this week or next and have been reading up on them.

I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips that I might have missed reading through websites?

I'm greatly looking forward to becoming an owner of some of the strangest creatures i've encountered.
 
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Have you kept an aquarium before? If not, then there are a lot of aquarium basics you need to learn.

Other tips: keep cool, no gravel.
 
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Turkey baster great for cleaning up left over food and poo.
 
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Just to be boring then , I read throught the threads on the forum...and sometimes for a change I go as far back as you can and read those too. !!The basics I've found most useful is the tank set ups..cycle the tank ideally first , choose iether sand or bare bottom, live or plastic plants and filter types. It took forever for me to even begin to understand the cycling process, but in time it has sunk in !!
 
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Best tip,

Follow the advise on this site.

Then with the exception of acts of God or Nature you will raise healthy happy axolotls.

Good Luck
 
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