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What size to be added to larger tank with substrate

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Hey, just a quick question on what size I should add my axies(2") to their larger tank with substrate (caribsea sand) they are in a big enough tank at the moment (bare bottom) but just checking everything in advance.

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At two inches I would be tempted to keep them in their smaller tank, purely so they can find their food more easily. What are they currently eating?
 
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They are currently on bloodworms, they have already caught on to people+tweezers=food haha so everytime we pass they beg and follow us. Yea gonna keep them in the smaller tank for a bit but just wondering when you would recomend moving them to their big tank(already cycled)

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I've had my babies in a tank with substrate, a very fine sand, since they were 2" long. As soon as they were happily eating blood worm and live black worms and I was confident they were able to feed properly with little input from me. I watched them closely for the first few days but I haven't had to remove any to smaller containers/tanks and I haven't lost any either.
The are now 7-8cm and are very good at finding the blackworms that made it into the sand and eating them and they are spitting out the sand. :rolleyes: such amazing little critters.
 
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