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My poor poor babies....

AxieMama

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As I was going away for a few days over Xmas, I put 6 babies I had been keeping in separate tubs with 100% daily water changes, into a small, fully cycled aquarium with filter and air stone, and a small feeding jar of live blackworm.

I was concerned about coming home to a missing limb or 2, but thought this preferable to leaving them in fouled water for 4 - 5 days.

The largest was around 6cms long, the smallest around 3.5, with the average size being just under 6.

I ensured there were plenty of plants and hidey holes for the littlest to escape to if necessary. I have returned home to 1 very fat Axie, and one mid sized one, with no sign of any of the others :(. I have yet to clear the tank and search fully, but am pretty sure I won't find any....

HOW THE HECK DOES A 6cm AXIE EAT ONE ALMOST HIS OWN SIZE??? To say I am devastated, would be an understatement
 

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I'm very sorry... I hope you do find them somewhere. I have no idea, gluttonous I would say they are.
 

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This happens, I dont wish to sound flippant as I am sure you put a lot of effort into raising them but what you have experienced is natural selection , you now have the fittest axys in your tank which can only be a good thing if you wish to breed them in the future.
 

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Yes, I know you are right, but right now I can't bear to even look at him and his BIG FAT BELLY!!!!!!! :mad::mad:
 

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Yes, I know you are right, but right now I can't bear to even look at him and his BIG FAT BELLY!!!!!!! :mad::mad:

Keep looking ! He is the best you have left ! I encourage cannibalism in my juvy tanks, you end up with top of the range axolotls.
 
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