A great tip for cleaning around babies!!

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With tiny axies and mini daphnia scooting around two huge tanks, I was wondering how on earth to clean up all the mess (and believe me, with 40 of the little darlings, there's a LOT of mess and dead/unwanted food) without upsetting them or causing casualties :confused:

So I bought a hand-pump vacuum from eBay. Rubbish! A lot of work to get going, and it created a backflow that stirred up far more mess than there was in the 1st place!!! :mad: :cry:

However, on a trip to Sainsbury's this morning I bought a large, plastic, turkey baster for just 99p. It works GREAT! Sucks enough of the muck, doesn't cause any blow-back, and it's easy to clean/store. The babies don't get sucked into it either because you have more control over it than the pump-type cleaners. All in all, it's a *****star buy!

I HIGHLY recommend one :smile:
 
Turkey basters are highly recommended for all axolotl keepers. They work great for adults as well as larvae.
 
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