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Hello - My experience so far

clofuller

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Hi all, about two months ago I got two new axies, Uber and Taxi, my first ever personal pets. I thought to myself, “fish-easy peasy” boy was I wrong. It’s been a heck of a two months and I was very quick to realise I should have had done abit more research. Unfortunately one of my new pets passed from what I’m thinking is a fungal infection. Every pet store gave me different information and any vet a contacted knew nothing about them. I did everything’s I could, I salt bathed twice a day for about two weeks and I soon realised that I should be doing tea baths. I spent all my money making sure the water quality was as good as it could get and my parents weren’t very happy about the space taken up from fridging them. Even though I know I did everything I could I still feel like a terrible owner. I’m hoping that by joining this community I will be able to improve
 

Otterwoman

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Welcome to the forum! Unfortunately pet stores are notorious for bad information. Hopefully things will get better now.
 
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    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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    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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    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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