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Question: baby axolotls?

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cherryscented

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I was just wondering how long you should keep new born axolotls together? As I have heard stories about them eating each other :(
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At about 5-7cm axolotls will start biting each other (from my experience) I also read on axolotl.org that the wildtype babies are more likely to attack golden or albino babies, so I usually seperate my bubs into two tanks, one for wild and one for golden/albino.

At the moment my babies are 5-6cm and have yet to bite each other. I keep them well fed though :eek:
I also seperated the smaller babies (around 3-4cm) and put them in ANOTHER tank, because the bigger ones might nibble them in time..
 
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It can be as early as 2-3 cm if they are crowded. My six larvae were between 2 and 3 cm and about 4 to 5 weeks from hatching when I took them on and only had 20 limbs between them, less if you count missing digits, and some of their gills were very lopsided.

I spread them out by size into three containers and they regenerated fast. Lots of waterweed helps if you are keeping them together.
 
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