Question: GFP TYPE Axolotl glow IN THE darkness???

Loveaxolotl · Oct 23, 2011

I have question, the GFP Axolotl will be able glow in the dark envirnment??
I mean when i switch off the light in my room when it is night..

Or it really needs some LED light to light the GFP Axolotl up???

If it really needs some expensive LED light to make it glow,
i won't buy the GFP instead of normal type .

ZoeT94 · Oct 23, 2011

If you mean glow in the dark, then no, a wild-type won't. A leucistic ( white ) shows up more when LED's are used. Most avoid it as the lights are too bright and scary for the axies.

did that answer the question?

Loveaxolotl · Oct 23, 2011

ok.. so i think i don't need to buy GFP type.,.

Kaysie · Oct 25, 2011

GFP, or green fluorescing protein, axolotls will fluoresce in UV light, aka blacklights. They do not glow in the dark.

Jake · Oct 25, 2011

You can get a light that it will glow under for $10 or less. Leaving it on all the time is not a good idea though.

HappySkittles · Oct 25, 2011

My axolotls have leds and are ok but i have a massive plant that covers the surface. Black lights are what would really make them glow but keeping that on the axolotls for extended periods of time is not good. The most you can do if you buy them is go "HEY my axies glow ::turn on light:: SEE ::turn off light::"

yellowpebble · Oct 25, 2011

often the FGP will have green eyes even without special lighting

carsona246 · Oct 25, 2011

I've always wondered if actinic lighting would make them super bright. I had a friend who kept glofish under actinic lighting, and they were way brighter than under a blacklight

parkss86 · Oct 26, 2011

I have 3GFP wild type and 2 leucistic~
all of them glow when I turn on my night theme blue LED light.
I love watching them glow in the dark~~:happy:

Kaysie · Oct 27, 2011

Carson, I've thought the same thing. I've also had this same question when it comes to N. strauchii, but so far have not been able to satisfy my curiosity.

and0283 · Dec 4, 2011

Loveaxolotl said:
I have question, the GFP Axolotl will be able glow in the dark envirnment??
I mean when i switch off the light in my room when it is night..

Or it really needs some LED light to light the GFP Axolotl up???

If it really needs some expensive LED light to make it glow,
i won't buy the GFP instead of normal type .

Just got to your closest home depot and buy a compact fluorescent black light. $4.99
It will fit in to any standard light fixture.

Chirple · Dec 4, 2011

I have a little hinged / swivel lamp with a blacklight bulb in it. Is it the best ? No. But it was like, $10 total.

Bdyoung · Dec 4, 2011

I used to keep my two gfp axolotls in a 20 gallon tank that had a fluorescent light and a black-light that i could switch it into. I also kept some glow in the dark plants in there. At night it looked pretty cool for the 10 or so min a week it was on

. Now they are in a 75 gallon tank and i went to my local walmart and found a flashlight that is a black-light so i use that now. Here's a few pics as well.

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