Opumilio
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Hi y'all!
First post so sorry if I messed up the formatting.
I adopted an adult axolotl (Lady Catrina) from a friend that couldn't take care of her anymore with his new work schedule.
After a really paranoid two weeks, I think she is settling in pretty well :happy:
A couple questions from the newbie owner:
1. Sexing - She(?) is showing a bulge at the cloaca region, but not as obvious as the other demo photos I've seen on the site. Yesterday she was swimming around frantically and opening her cloaca showing the pink and slightly fuzzy inside (scared the heck out of me), but it closes within 10 minutes so I think she's alright (though, do females do that?). Any opinions? (photos attached)
2. Gills - her gills are small and not feathery (see photo). Has been like this I got her. She didn't gulp air very often (~every 1-2 hrs) and seems fine otherwise. Tank's cycled and tested everyday in the past two weeks (current NH3 = 0, NO2 = 0, NO3 = 5ppm, temp = 18C/64.5F).
3. Color morph - she has green eyes and no golden outer ring, so I am guessing she is a melanistic GFP? Haven't got my hands on a UV light to check yet.
4. Setup - I attached a photo of the current set up (20 gallons). Anything that I should change?
Sorry about the huge list of questions! This is my first time owning an axolotl and I really want Lady to have a happy environment :happy: (though depending on the response she might need a name change lol).
Thanks!!
First post so sorry if I messed up the formatting.
I adopted an adult axolotl (Lady Catrina) from a friend that couldn't take care of her anymore with his new work schedule.
After a really paranoid two weeks, I think she is settling in pretty well :happy:
A couple questions from the newbie owner:
1. Sexing - She(?) is showing a bulge at the cloaca region, but not as obvious as the other demo photos I've seen on the site. Yesterday she was swimming around frantically and opening her cloaca showing the pink and slightly fuzzy inside (scared the heck out of me), but it closes within 10 minutes so I think she's alright (though, do females do that?). Any opinions? (photos attached)
2. Gills - her gills are small and not feathery (see photo). Has been like this I got her. She didn't gulp air very often (~every 1-2 hrs) and seems fine otherwise. Tank's cycled and tested everyday in the past two weeks (current NH3 = 0, NO2 = 0, NO3 = 5ppm, temp = 18C/64.5F).
3. Color morph - she has green eyes and no golden outer ring, so I am guessing she is a melanistic GFP? Haven't got my hands on a UV light to check yet.
4. Setup - I attached a photo of the current set up (20 gallons). Anything that I should change?
Sorry about the huge list of questions! This is my first time owning an axolotl and I really want Lady to have a happy environment :happy: (though depending on the response she might need a name change lol).
Thanks!!
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