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Question: New Borns and Daphnia or Microworms

mikeg

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Helllo. So i am getting Axolotl eggs and was wondering if the new borns can be fed daphnia right away. I have two types of daphnia i have magna and this other one which is way smaller which is the one i plan on using. I was wondering if i should stick with microworms then go with daphnia or if this species of daphnia is small enough to feed to them.





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They'll probably be able to eat the smaller daphnia right off the bat. You can also try to find a strainer to size-sort the daphnia and use the smallest ones.
 
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A few of the eggs hatched when i checked this morning, i took a small eye dropper and sucked up some daphnia they are just a little bigger than the size of the axies eye so they should be fine eating them, and the others are the size of the head so when they grow out of that they will be ready for blackworms!


YAY!! NO NEED FOR HATCHING SHRIMP!!!:proud::proud::blob::grin::grin:
 
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