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Dirty water (a little muddy)

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Hi I have axies in outdoor pond, a month ago it rained really heavy and mud came to the pond (the water became,obviously, dirty, but all the particles sedimented and only get dirty not muddy), but with lot of effort (changing water a little per day) the water became again clean. a week ago my dog threw a pot filled with earth, and the pond became dirty again, i was trying to clean it, but it does not get better (not worse, but not better). may I be worried about axies´ health? do mud (it does not have too much, a little in the bottom but I say it again, the water is brown) affect axolotls?
 
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I would assume earth wouldn't be harmful to them as they would of course come in contact with it in the wild...

I'm more worried about the fact you're keeping Axolotls in a pond? It doesn't seem like they'd be good pond animals, and I'm actually curious as to how you're pulling it off. How do you keep the pond the proper temperature?
 
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Not only temperature, but how do you keep other potential predators like birds, cats etc out of the pond??
 
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I know several people who keep axolotls in ponds, it mimics their natural habitat more closely than a tank.
 
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In the UK the only realistic predators of adult would be cats and herons, having dogs in the garden tends to exclude cats, there are precautions to prevent fish losses from herons. Not sure what would be trying to eat axolotls in the ops pond
 
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I've seen axolotls kept and breeding in large outdoor cattle watering troughs, they stay active and feeding right through winter in the UK. Lilly pads or other floating plants can be used to keep temps down in summer.
 
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they are in a pond (and do better than a tank), in summer i´ll put them indoor for the high temps. and in my yard i don´t have predators, they prefer goldfishes. and winter here is not as strong as UK.
 
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