New at raising Axolotl Larvae, any suggestions?

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Im not new to owning or caring for Axolotls, Ive had axolotls for over 7years. I am however newish to raising hatchling Axies. I was just wondering what the "normal" growth rate of young larvae is? I roughly have about 400 larvae that are almost 2 weeks old. They are all eating and growing well but im just curious about how long it will take them to reach 1.5 - 2 inches? any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
 
About a month but it varies alot because of variations in genetics, temperature, and access to & quality of food. Once you can get them on black worms they will grow like a champ.
 
I have them eating on Live Daphnia for now. Their water temp stays at about 58 degrees F. and I do half water changes once a week. they are all super fat and healthy looking and have grown allot in 2 weeks. I have had no deaths thus far. I was hoping to switch them over to blood-worms once they are big enough since black worms are a little to expensive. I feed my adults Blood-worms and nightcrawlers with great success.
 
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