Question: Baby Axolotl temperature?

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I have my axolotls at about 20-22 degrees Celsius which is the lowest my heater will go.
Recently Isaw one of my axolotls had air bubbles in him, I looked it up and it said it could be due to the temperature.

I took out the heater, and the temperature will now drop to about 14-16 degrees. Is this safe for the babies or should I leave the temperature at the current.

Urgent help would be great!
 
That temperature is definitely safe for them. I've raised my larvae at those temperatures and all is well. :happy:

Also, I'm not 100% sure, but I think air bubbles in larvae can occur if they're not eating enough.
 
I've heard that too. I missed a day of feeding them chopped whiteworms as I thought they were still too young. I kept feeding them microworms though but they're too small to see whether they were eaten. They're back on both now though so hopefully no more bubbles :happy:
 
They're hungry little things, aren't they? :lol:
How many are you raising and how old are they, if you don't mind me asking? :happy:
 
Both temperatures are fine, the lower one (14-16C) produces slower growth but is probably a bit more efficient, they eat less but grow more for the same quantity of food. Below 10C growth disproportionately slows. Things go wrong a lot faster at 22C than 14C. I favour cool, they may take nearly 18 months to maturity but it probably adds to their lifespan!
 
They're about two weeks old and I'm raising about 60! So I have quite a lot.

They are just getting hungrier and hungrier. I got discouraged from raising so many, but they seem to be doing just fine.

I'm selling them at the moment just to get down to about 30.

Yes I guess thats true. There is probably a higher possibility of fungi infection/bacterial infestations at 22C. Mine are at about 20 now since I moved them into a larger container. They seem to be a lot happier at that temp than at 14-16 (From time to time the heater is turned off). But thats just my observation :)
 
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