My axolotls are two years old and don't seem to mate..

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I have a couple of adult Axolotls they are about 2 years and 3 months I have taken the males and separated from the females for about two weeks into another tank while at the process I stimulated them with ice put the ice in the aquarium to make sure they are around 46 to 56 then two weeks into it, I switched them back into the huge aquarium with the female, which should cause the courtship. Nothing happens..so I am kinda wondering what I am doing wrong...any tips would help :) Have done this for quiet some time now..no success
 
Just leave them in the tank with the females, permanently. They'll breed when they are ready to as long as you keep the water cool. Constantly switching them back and forth ever few weeks is useless due to the stress it causes them. Imagine what you would feel like if you had to move houses every 2 weeks.
 
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