Axie's in Tubs?

Cizza · Aug 19, 2007

I was woundering if axie's would be alright living in plastic tubs like Mark's Set-up kinda thing (view marks set-up here -> http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?p=123154#post123154 )
Would they live okay would the plastic harm them?

Jennewt · Aug 19, 2007

They could be kept this way. Keeping each individual in its own tub would certainly prevent them from injuring each other, or breeding when you don't want them to. However, axolotls are big waste-producers, so the tubs would need lots of water changes and/or filtration.

Whether or not the plastic might harm them... there's a pretty good discussion of this on the thread you linked to. My personal opinion is that it's unlikely to harm them, but the jury's still out. If it had any effect, it would be a long-term effect, it certainly wouldn't kill them outright. I raised some juveniles in plastic tubs and they turned out just fine.

Daniel · Aug 19, 2007

I raised some juveniles in such tubs, too and encountered no problems. They should carry a food safe - sign and so they should not emit any harmful substances.
As for adults - in my opinion these tubs are too small for an everlasting husbandry.

Bellabelloo · Aug 19, 2007

I think this one is down to what you want and expect from pet keeping. I personally like to see my 'pets ' as part of my family scenario. ( various family members suspect my wanting to have axolotls is part of me wanting to nurture something..children growing up etc....I wanted axolotls because they are amazing creatures.) I actually really like the set up Mark has ,and when time and space allows I'd love to do something similar , it lets you extend your interests with out a huge impact on space.

philbaker76 · Aug 20, 2007

I agree with Bellabelloo; I keep my Axolotls as pets (my set-up is as http://www.axolotl.org/housing.htm) ~ Mark has a great set-up; most hobbyists keep exotic pets like this.

As I haven't had many hatch from my last batch - I've been keeping the hatchlings in Chinese food containers

The breeder we got our Axolotls from; keeps them and rears them exactly as Mark's set-up with great success.

Mark · Aug 20, 2007

It really comes down to personal preference. Axolotls are aquatic and can be permanently “on show” in a glass aquarium. I keep large aquatic newts such as Pleurodeles in glass aquaria for this reason. You could keep them in plastic tubs, even long-term if the size was right, although if you were keeping them as pets I can’t really see why you’d want to. Whilst I do consider my animals as pets many are semi-aquatic, nocturnal and spend the majority of their time hiding under stones or logs. Glass aquaria is wasted on an animal that hides almost permanently. There are pros and cons with both types of housing. I don’t think size is a con for plastic tubs as they come in all shapes and sizes, in fact more so than aquaria.

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