We have had Skimo about three weeks. I think he may be a larval Tiger Salamander but I saw other people having Axolotl's who float.
We inherited Skimo from a friend whose "friends" had bought him a "baby dinosaur" from the mall. He was still in a tiny container that he barely fit in when we received him. My son used all of his birthday money to buy an aquarium at the pet store (an all in one deal) with a filter that hooks on the top of the aquarium. I know now from reading this site that this may not be the best option, but wonder if this filter can work. We let it run (as per the instructions) for 24 hours and then added Skimo. He seemed to really love the freedom. About a week ago he started floating. From reading this site, I decided to lower our water level and have been replacing about 20% of the water each day with tap water that has been treated. After reading some more, I bought a kit to test the PH and even the treated tap water has PH over 7.6. I don't want to sound cheap, but what is the least I could do to make Skimo's environment better. This was an unexpected pet for us, and while we want to take good care of him, we just don't have lots of money in the budget.
I'm open to all suggestions.
Thanks!
We inherited Skimo from a friend whose "friends" had bought him a "baby dinosaur" from the mall. He was still in a tiny container that he barely fit in when we received him. My son used all of his birthday money to buy an aquarium at the pet store (an all in one deal) with a filter that hooks on the top of the aquarium. I know now from reading this site that this may not be the best option, but wonder if this filter can work. We let it run (as per the instructions) for 24 hours and then added Skimo. He seemed to really love the freedom. About a week ago he started floating. From reading this site, I decided to lower our water level and have been replacing about 20% of the water each day with tap water that has been treated. After reading some more, I bought a kit to test the PH and even the treated tap water has PH over 7.6. I don't want to sound cheap, but what is the least I could do to make Skimo's environment better. This was an unexpected pet for us, and while we want to take good care of him, we just don't have lots of money in the budget.
I'm open to all suggestions.
Thanks!