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Size of Tank for eggs

lrocheller

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I am getting eggs in the mail this week. I have a tank set up with water dogs and one with cichlids. Should I use water from one of these tanks for eggs or just chlorinate water and use it?
Another question is I am getting around 60 eggs, is a 10 gallon tank to big to start with? I have 2 one gallon tanks, a five and a ten. Which one is the best to use at the beginning?
 

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Usually when you raise axolotl's from eggs you start them on baby brine shrimp. Because the BBS live in salt water and your axies don't they die only a few hours after being put into fresh water. This means that you have to change the water for the axies every day at least once. Some people feed twice a day, so water changes are also twice a day. I would say that until they are large enough to go into a regular tank I would keep them in the 1 gallon with treated water because you will be changing it so frequently.

Once mine were large enough to grow legs I put them in a 20 long with sand and a pair of feeding jars. Before that they were in a pair of mixing bowls with an airstone.

I'm sure someone with more experience can chime in with more information for you, but this can be a place to start.
 
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