Hello everyone! Just picked me up a sweet little Axolotl, her/his name is Cotopaxi. I've been reading over the site for awhile but I still want to ask some things, if thats okay haha.
1. Being its summer in Oregon, my house is staying around 72 F about so the tank stays around 70F, is that too warm? He doesn't look stressed, he sits every once in awhile but he moves around a lot. Is that healthy or should I keep trying to cool it down? I've been putting little ziploc baggies of ice in to cool it slowly to 68F, s that a good method to keep it cool?
2. Also in the process of cycling the tank, the people I got him from gave me this SafeStart and then StressCoat/StressZyme stuff that I did before I put him in the tank. Now I'm just wondering if I should just spot clean every other day and let the bacteria settle in or should I be doing the 20% water changes every day too?
3. Lastly, I've been feeding Coto twice a day with frozen brine shrimp BUT is he old enough to eat little worms now? And is twice a day enough/too much? He's about as long as my finger, so like a couple months old? They didn't tell me when I got him.
1. Being its summer in Oregon, my house is staying around 72 F about so the tank stays around 70F, is that too warm? He doesn't look stressed, he sits every once in awhile but he moves around a lot. Is that healthy or should I keep trying to cool it down? I've been putting little ziploc baggies of ice in to cool it slowly to 68F, s that a good method to keep it cool?
2. Also in the process of cycling the tank, the people I got him from gave me this SafeStart and then StressCoat/StressZyme stuff that I did before I put him in the tank. Now I'm just wondering if I should just spot clean every other day and let the bacteria settle in or should I be doing the 20% water changes every day too?
3. Lastly, I've been feeding Coto twice a day with frozen brine shrimp BUT is he old enough to eat little worms now? And is twice a day enough/too much? He's about as long as my finger, so like a couple months old? They didn't tell me when I got him.