My axies and my cycling shrimp tank

Florieke · Jul 16, 2009

I've got 2 axolotl's: Salter and Harris. I got them a bit skinny (1,5 weeks ago) and their gills were really small. The feeding was difficult in the beginning, but now they really love the earthworms and I can see that their gills are bigger than before. I cannot really see if they gained weight, but I keep making pictures, so I hope I can see some difference in a few weeks. I'm cycling a small tank now for some shrimps. They will be something to look at and an occasional treat for my axies!

Salter posing for me!

Salter being shy

Cycling shrimp tank

Kerry1968 · Jul 17, 2009

Hello, lovely pictures. What type of shrimps are you going to get? I'll be interested to hear how long the shrimps last with the axolotls!

Greg31 · Jul 19, 2009

I plan on getting a shrimp tank shortly as well. Either cherry or ghost shrimp eventually. Update us on how it goes!

Bellabelloo · Jul 19, 2009

I have cherry shrimp in with my guppies..they reproduce in what seems like vast numbers. I tend to put a pile in with the axolotl approx once a week. They are like little rockets so some seem to evade being an easy snack.....its now looking like I have a small colony now taking up residence with the axolotl and their ( now 2) pet guppies.

Kerry1968 · Jul 19, 2009

Hi Julia, I would like to try to breed some shrimps as a snack for the axies, I don't have any room for more tanks in the house, do you think an outdoor balcony would be too cold for them? What do you feed them on when in their own tank?

Bellabelloo · Jul 20, 2009

I'm not sure how well it would work having them on the balcony . I think they ideally need warm water to encourage breeding( 24 plus degrees). Mine are in with my guppies, I added lots of java moss initially to protect the guppy fry . The shrimp also like to eat it, they also eat the guppy food, lettuce, cucumber, banana...just about anything!

Kerry1968 · Jul 20, 2009

Thanks for that Julia, I know my other half wouldn't be too keen on adding another tank indoors, maybe I'll scrap the idea of shrimps for now.

Franklin Price · Jul 23, 2009

I've got a Gary the snail in my tank! He's in a little boat floating around the top, Devy loves swimming up to check him out!

Florieke · Jul 23, 2009

I saw that Gary had a mini-gary friend today, a snail visitor. He probably came with one of the new plants. I also found out that I got algae in my shrimp tank! There are green wires floating from some of the leaves :-(

The shrimps are still on their way, which is a big problem, because they've been travelling for about a week now! They will probably arrive tomorrow or saturday, but I'm afraid they're all dead! They were Crystal reds, thought they would look pretty. I found out that there's a fish shop at an hour (by bike) from my house and they have shrimp too, so maybe I'm getting some of their cherry shrimps.

Bellabelloo · Jul 23, 2009

Don't worry about the algae..the shrimp will happily dine on it

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