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Why are my Axolotl Eggs GREEN??

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Axie23

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I have recently bought some Axolotl eggs. they are about 6 days old. you can just start to see the outline of the aolotl. the eggs are a greeny colour, 'glow in the dark green' is the best way to describe it. the babies father was leucistic (white/pink), and the mother was a golden one.

any help would be appreciated. i don't think they're going to die or anything. am hoping that it means that i will get some golden axies :eek:
 
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The first thing that pops up in my mind is: GFP?
But I think it's better to see a picture. :)
 
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I'd guess that whoever sold you the eggs added something to the water to prevent the eggs from getting fungus and this colour has been taken up by the eggs giving them a green colour. If the eggs are developing normally I wouldn't worry about it.

I don't think GFP axolotls are available in NZ.


Regards Neil
 
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thanks guys, yea, i was wondering what gfp stood for??? ha ha. best bet i'm guessing is that fungus theory. i bought them off of Trade Me (america's version of ebay, i guess). They didn't say if they had added anything to the water, but i'm not worried about it anymore:) as long as they weren't deliberately harmed, i'm fine. worst case scenario, i could have gotten some strange mutant babies! now THAT'S something to ponder!:rolleyes:
 
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you mention that you got them of the 'american ebay.' If you had them posted from america GFP is likely. Unlike here they're not very rare in the states and in relatively common circulation

by the way GFP stands for Green Fluorescent Protein - it makes your axies a little greeny and they glow under UV light
 
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Sorry, i meant to say that i bought them off trademe, which is a new zealand auction website that is the american version of ebay:)
 
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