EvankingM
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New here. hope this is the right place to post my question. I had 27 axolotyls aged 2-3 months old.
First fed them on brine shrimp. no problems. After a month, their main food has been finely chopped up bloodworms. no problems.
I decided to introduce earthworms from my earthworm compost bin for variety. I rinsed and then I finely chopped up 4 small earthworms and fed them to the babies.
Within an hour 20 of the babies were dead. The remaining 7 (the smaller babies) survived and are now fine on bloodworms.
Any ideas why the chopped up earthworms killed many of the babies?
No other changes prior to them dying. water change twice a day after feeds (water taken from chilled main tank and left for a couple of hours for temperature to equalise with the water in the babies bowls.
Adults have previously eaten whole earthworms from the compost bin with no ill effects.
Help
First fed them on brine shrimp. no problems. After a month, their main food has been finely chopped up bloodworms. no problems.
I decided to introduce earthworms from my earthworm compost bin for variety. I rinsed and then I finely chopped up 4 small earthworms and fed them to the babies.
Within an hour 20 of the babies were dead. The remaining 7 (the smaller babies) survived and are now fine on bloodworms.
Any ideas why the chopped up earthworms killed many of the babies?
No other changes prior to them dying. water change twice a day after feeds (water taken from chilled main tank and left for a couple of hours for temperature to equalise with the water in the babies bowls.
Adults have previously eaten whole earthworms from the compost bin with no ill effects.
Help