Hi All,
I have had my 3 Axolotls (about 4-5 inchs in size - anyone got a rough indication on age for me?!) for about 3 weeks now, all look in healthy condition from what I can see (other than the passing of gravel when I first got them thanks to the pet store keeping them on it- I am using sand), and all eating plenty every day.
Today I added an air stone to my tank for decoration/axolotl amusement purposes (I already have a low flow filter in the tank). I also removed the standard tank lights that came with the aquarium (they were very bright so I wasn't using them) and have replaced them with some moonlight bulbs that has a low brightness blue light effect. I have been feeding them on 2 cubes of frozen blood worm every day which they seem to love. Today I gave them 2 cubes of frozen Daphnia as a change.
So...as stated, three things have changed today:
(1) Air stone with low flow of bubbles coming out - I have turned down the pump power to near its minimum. The Axolotls seem to love it, have been repeatedly swimming through it, 'snapping' at the bubbles etc.
(2) Moonlight tubes - these have been on for about 4hrs now - there are 3 hides (cave, artificial hollowed out log & a real log) in the tank, they dont seem bothered by the light and seem happy to sit outside of the hides without looking/acting stressed.
(3) Daphnia fed this morning - they didnt look as exicited about it as they did with the bloodworms, but it did all get eaten up.
My question is this...one of my Axolotls has been swimming a lot more than usual. Even quite high up in the tank. He isnt 'floating' as he seems quite in control of his swimming and can get himself to the bottom without having to 'hang on' to anything, but he only sits there for a minute then starts swimming again.
Anyone ever seen this behaviour before?
For now I have switched off the bubbles - but it seems to have peed them all off a bit as they are nudging the airstone with their noses probably wondering why they have stopped!!
Any help is much appreciated!
I have had my 3 Axolotls (about 4-5 inchs in size - anyone got a rough indication on age for me?!) for about 3 weeks now, all look in healthy condition from what I can see (other than the passing of gravel when I first got them thanks to the pet store keeping them on it- I am using sand), and all eating plenty every day.
Today I added an air stone to my tank for decoration/axolotl amusement purposes (I already have a low flow filter in the tank). I also removed the standard tank lights that came with the aquarium (they were very bright so I wasn't using them) and have replaced them with some moonlight bulbs that has a low brightness blue light effect. I have been feeding them on 2 cubes of frozen blood worm every day which they seem to love. Today I gave them 2 cubes of frozen Daphnia as a change.
So...as stated, three things have changed today:
(1) Air stone with low flow of bubbles coming out - I have turned down the pump power to near its minimum. The Axolotls seem to love it, have been repeatedly swimming through it, 'snapping' at the bubbles etc.
(2) Moonlight tubes - these have been on for about 4hrs now - there are 3 hides (cave, artificial hollowed out log & a real log) in the tank, they dont seem bothered by the light and seem happy to sit outside of the hides without looking/acting stressed.
(3) Daphnia fed this morning - they didnt look as exicited about it as they did with the bloodworms, but it did all get eaten up.
My question is this...one of my Axolotls has been swimming a lot more than usual. Even quite high up in the tank. He isnt 'floating' as he seems quite in control of his swimming and can get himself to the bottom without having to 'hang on' to anything, but he only sits there for a minute then starts swimming again.
Anyone ever seen this behaviour before?
For now I have switched off the bubbles - but it seems to have peed them all off a bit as they are nudging the airstone with their noses probably wondering why they have stopped!!
Any help is much appreciated!