Hi
I've been reading this forum for the past couple of days whilst I waited to be able to post & ask for your wise advice.
I'm totally new to axolotl & hadn't planned on becoming a parent quite like this I recently bought a plant for a small beta tank & as the girl at the pet shop was pulling out the plant she was pulling off "jelly balls" when I asked her what they were she said axie eggs & don't worry the fish will eat them! 0.0
Needless to say I'm a big sooky girl & I put the weed into my spare TINY tank with some water & left it be... A few days later most of the balls had disappeared or gone cloudy then I noticed a tiny moving "something" when I eventually found it, it was sooo tiny & I've struggled to keep this cutie pie alive since.
I think I've done EVERYTHING wrong so far & I'm grateful that the little guy seems to be tough & resilient enough to survive my love I'm madly in love with this cute new unexpected arrival & want to make sure he/she grows big & strong
I started with a gravel base on tank - then aquarium man said I needed to get sand substrate & he sold me a black diamond quartz sand which looks great but now I read it's really bad!!
My current tank is tiny - mainly because I wasn't ready for my new addition - but I am more than inspired seeing other people's tanks.
I need advice about the sand & what I should do... But most importantly I really need help finding food for such a little guy! He doesn't like frozen worms or live brine shrimp & to get him to eat pellet food I've only found he'll eat it if I bomb his head with it! He isn't a bright spark & has even had the food land on his head & front foot without moving! lol
I think he's about 8 weeks old already & has front legs but no sign of back legs yet & the length at the moment is only 30mm & I'm worried that seems slow I may be growing a mutant but he seem like a sweet mutant
Also can you tell what kind of colour / type would this guy likely be?
Thank you for taking the time to read that epic post =D my name is Nikki I'm in Sydney Australia & I can see this axie bug has got me good already <3
I've been reading this forum for the past couple of days whilst I waited to be able to post & ask for your wise advice.
I'm totally new to axolotl & hadn't planned on becoming a parent quite like this I recently bought a plant for a small beta tank & as the girl at the pet shop was pulling out the plant she was pulling off "jelly balls" when I asked her what they were she said axie eggs & don't worry the fish will eat them! 0.0
Needless to say I'm a big sooky girl & I put the weed into my spare TINY tank with some water & left it be... A few days later most of the balls had disappeared or gone cloudy then I noticed a tiny moving "something" when I eventually found it, it was sooo tiny & I've struggled to keep this cutie pie alive since.
I think I've done EVERYTHING wrong so far & I'm grateful that the little guy seems to be tough & resilient enough to survive my love I'm madly in love with this cute new unexpected arrival & want to make sure he/she grows big & strong
I started with a gravel base on tank - then aquarium man said I needed to get sand substrate & he sold me a black diamond quartz sand which looks great but now I read it's really bad!!
My current tank is tiny - mainly because I wasn't ready for my new addition - but I am more than inspired seeing other people's tanks.
I need advice about the sand & what I should do... But most importantly I really need help finding food for such a little guy! He doesn't like frozen worms or live brine shrimp & to get him to eat pellet food I've only found he'll eat it if I bomb his head with it! He isn't a bright spark & has even had the food land on his head & front foot without moving! lol
I think he's about 8 weeks old already & has front legs but no sign of back legs yet & the length at the moment is only 30mm & I'm worried that seems slow I may be growing a mutant but he seem like a sweet mutant
Also can you tell what kind of colour / type would this guy likely be?
Thank you for taking the time to read that epic post =D my name is Nikki I'm in Sydney Australia & I can see this axie bug has got me good already <3