STCxB
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Hello, everyone! My girlfriend and I got our first two axolotls about a week ago now, and we love them! We got them from gaeamonster on here, and she was very easy to work with and very prompt in her responses! Many thanks to her for getting us our new little friends so quickly and safely. They are both 4-5" long, and they are very fun to watch. One is a GFP albino and we named it Dutchie (as in the Flying Dutchman), and the other is a regular albino named Pearl ( as in the Black Pearl). We have a pirate theme going on with our animal names.
We currently have them in a 29 gallon bow front with a white sand bottom and some live plants. They have a pair of plastic tubes to hide in, but they seem to prefer to sit on plants. Eventually they'll get a 3D background but we couldn't get it secured in time (it kept floating away despite being silicones down). They have a few young mollies and some ghost shrimp in their tank, and no disputes have broken out yet. Everyone seems to keep to themselves and no gills have been nipped!
We have been feeding them earthworms and started with red wrigglers which they seemed to be ok with until a couple days ago when they started to spit them up. So we switched them to night crawlers and we're seeing how that goes. They seem more interested in the night crawlers generally, but they spit them up and then chase them back down. We'll see how it plays out, otherwise we may need another solution.
All in all, they're delightful little axies with very distinct personalities. We're very excited about them and can't wait to watch them grow!
We currently have them in a 29 gallon bow front with a white sand bottom and some live plants. They have a pair of plastic tubes to hide in, but they seem to prefer to sit on plants. Eventually they'll get a 3D background but we couldn't get it secured in time (it kept floating away despite being silicones down). They have a few young mollies and some ghost shrimp in their tank, and no disputes have broken out yet. Everyone seems to keep to themselves and no gills have been nipped!
We have been feeding them earthworms and started with red wrigglers which they seemed to be ok with until a couple days ago when they started to spit them up. So we switched them to night crawlers and we're seeing how that goes. They seem more interested in the night crawlers generally, but they spit them up and then chase them back down. We'll see how it plays out, otherwise we may need another solution.
All in all, they're delightful little axies with very distinct personalities. We're very excited about them and can't wait to watch them grow!