On the 4th of June I got a 15cm wild-type axolotl, he went straight into a 10gal long tank and he's had it to himself the whole time.
I've had axolotl before, all of them brought at around 15cm long. By the three month mark all of them had gotten massive, one of mine grew 7cm in less than two months. Even my very first axolotl, who was kept in a 5gal tank with graven and a constant light (I hadn't discovered this site and was just doing what the pet shops had told me) grew fast.
But not Houdini. He's still 15cm long.
I'm not too worried, he's in a 3ft tank by himself now and gets a daily feed of as many pellets as he will eat so he's nice and chubby, but I am curious as to why he hasn't grown much. I got him from a pet store, so I don't know his exact age. Any opinions on what's happened would be great!
Oh! almost forgot! When we got him one of his legs was just a little stump from where one of his previous tank mates had bitten it off. It's nearly fully regrown now, but could that have anything to do with it?
I've had axolotl before, all of them brought at around 15cm long. By the three month mark all of them had gotten massive, one of mine grew 7cm in less than two months. Even my very first axolotl, who was kept in a 5gal tank with graven and a constant light (I hadn't discovered this site and was just doing what the pet shops had told me) grew fast.
But not Houdini. He's still 15cm long.
I'm not too worried, he's in a 3ft tank by himself now and gets a daily feed of as many pellets as he will eat so he's nice and chubby, but I am curious as to why he hasn't grown much. I got him from a pet store, so I don't know his exact age. Any opinions on what's happened would be great!
Oh! almost forgot! When we got him one of his legs was just a little stump from where one of his previous tank mates had bitten it off. It's nearly fully regrown now, but could that have anything to do with it?
