Smdee
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I have had bad luck raising my axolotl eggs. I take the blame for the most part; I was inexperienced and was not exactly sure how to raise the eggs. I lost all but 4 and I feel horrible about it .
However, the 4 I had left were doing great! They are over a month old now. Grew their front legs and are growing the back ones as well, gobbled up their brine shrimp, became interested in frozen blood worms and recently (like within the last week and a half) I switched them fully to bloodworms and had really no problems, as long as I moved the worms around a bit to get them eating. I change their water every day.
I had one axie, Popo, who was much bigger than the rest of the crew. He had his front legs fully developed as well as his back. He started biting the others so a couple of weeks ago I moved him into his own container and he was just peachy. Last night I didn't get to change their water until late, but there really wasn't anything amiss other than that.
This morning he was dead.
I don't know what I did...was it the water change? I dechlorinate the water using the same stuff and same amount as I usually have. Should I have not switched to bloodworms completely? I tried tapering off and I didn't see any problems, so long as I got them started. I'm very worried because I have a small axie that doesn't seem to be doing as well as the others...he's in his own container but is often floating, sometimes on his side. I don't want to lose another.
Any advice? I feel so horrible right now...I know amphibians are touchy as a rule, but I feel like a horrible mother
However, the 4 I had left were doing great! They are over a month old now. Grew their front legs and are growing the back ones as well, gobbled up their brine shrimp, became interested in frozen blood worms and recently (like within the last week and a half) I switched them fully to bloodworms and had really no problems, as long as I moved the worms around a bit to get them eating. I change their water every day.
I had one axie, Popo, who was much bigger than the rest of the crew. He had his front legs fully developed as well as his back. He started biting the others so a couple of weeks ago I moved him into his own container and he was just peachy. Last night I didn't get to change their water until late, but there really wasn't anything amiss other than that.
This morning he was dead.
I don't know what I did...was it the water change? I dechlorinate the water using the same stuff and same amount as I usually have. Should I have not switched to bloodworms completely? I tried tapering off and I didn't see any problems, so long as I got them started. I'm very worried because I have a small axie that doesn't seem to be doing as well as the others...he's in his own container but is often floating, sometimes on his side. I don't want to lose another.
Any advice? I feel so horrible right now...I know amphibians are touchy as a rule, but I feel like a horrible mother