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Greetings from Kentucky

Ravensworth

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Hello all.

So I'll quickly introduce myself. I'm a 28 year old college student/researcher from Lexington, Kentucky, United States I graduate in May, so I wont be a student much longer. My interests are biology, medicine, psychology and neuroscience.

Which leads me to here. I found out about axolotls are things that people could actually own so I got one as a pet. Im fascinated with them honestly because of their ability to regenerate and their "step back" in evolution. That being said I knew I really wanted an axolotl as a pet.

As it stands Banana-lotl (Axolotl) is my only pet besides my cat Kuro. Anyway Ill be asking questions about best care practices for Banana-lotl. I have read a lot and keep researching to be certain I'm doing the best I can for it. I'm not new to keeping fish but as we all know axolotls aren't fish. So I'm aware of water testing and water quality issues but things like being concerned with water currents are sort of new to me.

That being said I hope I can contribute to these forums in the same way you guys have helped me already.
 
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  • Shane douglas:
    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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  • Thorninmyside:
    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
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  • stanleyc:
    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
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  • Clareclare:
    Would Chinese fire belly newts be more or less inclined towards an aquatic eft set up versus Japanese . I'm raising them and have abandoned the terrarium at about 5 months old and switched to the aquatic setups you describe. I'm wondering if I could do this as soon as they morph?
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