New member - needs to know the practicalities of growing from eggs

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HI All,

As you can see I am a new member. I am the front for my son, 10, who is very interested to learn more about axolotls. We were both thinking that it would be interesting to try and grow some from eggs. It looks very involved what with buckets for algae to make food for Dapnia, for the developing larvae themselves.....

We are here to learn more. Specifically the best/easiest ways to keep the axolotls happy while they grow up.

Thanks for looking - and for any advice that you can give.

Jonbay
 
I'm sure you can use simpler foods. I raise eggs of different species (not axolotls) and all I use anymore are 'dirty water' and blackworms. When the eggs appear, I start a tank bubbling with leaves and algae from nature, put the eggs in, and by the time the eggs hatch, there's something growing in there for them to eat. Then after a week or so, I start with minced blackworms and gradually use larger and larger pieces, until they are eating whole ones, and work up from there. There is a lot of info here on raising axies, there is a whole section on Eggs:

Axolotls (<i>Ambystoma mexicanum</i>) - Eggs, Larvae & Breeding at Caudata.org Newt and Salamander Portal
 
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