Juveniles

HayleyK · Feb 6, 2014

Hi all!

My two little ones are growing up

they are 11cm and 13cm. I've been feeding them earthworms and occassionally bloodworms. I usually feed them twice a day about 1.5 earthworms each feeding time. Today is the first that they haven't seemed the slightest bit interested in food. Should I cut back of feeding at this size? Cut back on how many times they eat? My parameters are all in check and temperature is sitting at 20 degrees celcius. I also have an adult about 18cm long. I know they have to be reasonably close in size but I've read various answers such as 5cm differences, 2cm differences etc. At what sizes would you recommend introducing the juveniles to my adult? Having two tanks is quite exhausting!

EmbryH · Feb 7, 2014

Try feeding them once a day, or even once every two days. They should be more interested then. I've actually never fed my axolotls more than once a day, and they've always been fine.

As far as introducing them to the adults, try starting with a tank divider if you can. They'll sort of interact with each other through the divider. Misha was about 6 inches before I took the divider out, but Godric's a pretty big axolotl himself, so your juvies might not need to be quite that size.

Just use your best judgement, and proceed with caution.

HayleyK · Feb 7, 2014

So it's okay to feed them once a day/two days at that size ? I did feed them once a day but they weren't gaining or growing so from then on I always fed them twice a day because they were so small for their age and on the thin side.

My tank is quite deep and still feeding smaller/cut up earthworms so it'll be an effort feeding so i would rather do the "take everyone out of the tank, rearrange, place new axolotls in and then the older one" method of introduction as getting a divider to fit my tank will be a pain to order/make. So I would rather know what's a decent size difference before I do this? Although he is 5cm off my adult he still looks a little too small to put in.

auntiejude · Feb 7, 2014

Feeding once a day is fine, their growth slows down a bit at that size anyway. They should also be able to take whole worms, which might make feeding a bit easier.

Personally I wouldn't put them in with an adult, I think they are still too small.

HayleyK · Feb 7, 2014

auntiejude said:
Feeding once a day is fine, their growth slows down a bit at that size anyway. They should also be able to take whole worms, which might make feeding a bit easier.

Personally I wouldn't put them in with an adult, I think they are still too small.

I've tried full worms, they can't just yet. They take half worms or 1/3 of worms at a time I just don't want my whole arm getting wet/ in the tank trying to feed them for 10-15 minutes.

How big should they be before I put them in do you reckon?

Thanks guys!

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