Thinking of getting a 3rd Axolotl, but already have a Male and Female who have bred. Should I not?

[deeveeance]

As the title says, I've had my little Axolotl for a year now, and sometime in the summer, they bred, and the Coppertype laid eggs, several batches of ~4-6, and we ended up disposing of them, as it popped up on us.

Our plans were to add another Axolotl since we have a 40Gal breeder, but wondering if we should get a second female, male, or neither!

What would be the best course of action?

 

[Calgarycoppers]

Honestly you should put a divider up to keep them separated.
They can breed every 4-6 weeks and lay 100-1000 eggs and if that starts happening it can stress your female so much she could potentially die.

I keep the sexes separate unless I am purposely breeding.

 

[EmbryH]

Honestly you should put a divider up to keep them separated.
They can breed every 4-6 weeks and lay 100-1000 eggs and if that starts happening it can stress your female so much she could potentially die.

I keep the sexes separate unless I am purposely breeding.

This is absolutely right, separate the male from female. When I had 4 adult axies I had a bachelor tank(40 breeder) and a separate tank(20 long) for my female. If you keep them together the female will never have a chance to properly recover.