Photo: Two axolotls finally in the tank

tran · Mar 19, 2009

Hi everyone. After having my axolotls for about 4 months, this is the first time I've put them into the tank (due to a series of mistakes on my part messing up the cycling process). The leucistic and the melanoid are in there right now, and are separated by a home made divider because they get snappy sometimes and I'm afraid they will bite each others gills off, accidentally or not. The leucistic has one gill that's forked, and that segment is permanently curled forward. And the white spots on the melanoid are not fungus; I think (hope) it's normal coloration.

Also these pictures were taken the second day they are in the tank, so they might still be adapting.

I'm setting up another 48" long tank for the other two (a golden and a wildtype), which might take many more months. Hope you enjoy the pictures, thanks for letting me share them! Please feel free to suggest anything or comment.

Jacquie · Mar 19, 2009

That's a beautiful setup Tran! It looks an axolotl paradise to me

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The axolotls are such a photogenic bunch too. I love those long gills!

Bellabelloo · Mar 19, 2009

What beautiful pictures. Lovely to see their new home too.

tran · Mar 19, 2009

Thanks to you both for the nice comments. I do love their long gills so I'm extra careful with letting them be around each other. But that sounds like paranoia to some people

Also because their tanks are usually dark, using a tripod and a slow shutter speed is the only way to get clear pictures on my camera. I'm just really lucky they decide to stay still when I took those pictures!

Darkmaverick · Mar 19, 2009

Hi Tran,

Thank you for sharing the photos. They are very well taken. The tank looks fantastic and gigantic. It can house several axies very comfortably.

Cheers.

Jadore axolotl · Mar 19, 2009

wow i love your tank and i really like your leucistic!

kclinton · Mar 19, 2009

They look great. They look so health and well taken care of !!!

tran · Mar 19, 2009

Darkmaverick said:
Hi Tran,

Thank you for sharing the photos. They are very well taken. The tank looks fantastic and gigantic. It can house several axies very comfortably.

Cheers.

Ah yes that was the original plan Rayson, to just have them all in one tank. But then I figured I never want them to breed anyway because they are siblings and because I can't take care of babies, so I'll need to separate them by sex eventually. And then it became two tanks that needed to be bought and set up. I had to get rid of some furniture recently (my dining room table) to fit the second tank in the apartment/flat

I now know what you guys mean when you say "you can always make room for new tanks" haha!

Thank you Jadore and Karrie as well, that makes me feel good hear.

oregon newt · Mar 19, 2009

Those look like some possible calender entries.

SUZY · Mar 19, 2009

Great job Tran !!!
Your babies are growing up and looking beautiful, and so does your tank.

Jacquie · Mar 19, 2009

I agree with Will. Those axolotls are very calendar worthy!

tran · Mar 19, 2009

Calendar worthy?! Now I'm blushing!

Thanks everyone. I need to get a little better at this photography thing before they are as calendar worthy as some of the actual calendar pictures that are submitted (which are gorgeous).

b00f · Mar 19, 2009

tran said:
Thanks to you both for the nice comments. I do love their long gills so I'm extra careful with letting them be around each other. But that sounds like paranoia to some people

Also because their tanks are usually dark, using a tripod and a slow shutter speed is the only way to get clear pictures on my camera. I'm just really lucky they decide to stay still when I took those pictures!

it tends to give them, a wierd glow, but its just due to light passing through the water over the longer exposure...

i cant see the pics, but i know they will be great..

PB is blocked @ my work

, can you put them in your album?

tran · Mar 19, 2009

Right you are about the glow, b00f. If you have any nifty photography tips I'm all ears :happy:

And I just put the photos on my album which is accessible through my public profile. You should be able to see them there.

454 · Mar 19, 2009

That lucistic is stunning! Thanks for sharing!

b00f · Mar 19, 2009

tran said:
Right you are about the glow, b00f. If you have any nifty photography tips I'm all ears :happy:

And I just put the photos on my album which is accessible through my public profile. You should be able to see them there.

I'll PM you.

tran · Mar 20, 2009

454 said:
That lucistic is stunning! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks. It seems people really like the leucistic one. But the melanoid is not too shabby either in my opinion.

As I don't breed axolotls and I'm limited to the photos available on the web, it doesn't seem to me like the white spots are that common in melanoids. Can someone educate me as to whether these spots are normal?

Mitzee · Mar 20, 2009

Omgosh, those photos are stunning! They're awesome.

Oh and the axolotls aren't bad either.

sichbo1 · Mar 20, 2009

All I can say is Wow!

silox · Mar 21, 2009

Those photo's are fantastic
I really like the long gils
The axie's look very healty
they're awesome
keep posting pics

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