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Hi guys, I'm new to the Newt and Salamander forums. My name is Ellie, I live in England and I got an axolotl yesterday. I'm not sure of its sex but we're referring to him as a he for the moment. His name is Mika, and he's in a 95 litre tank. I don't know his age but I'm guessing less than a year old. We feed him on 1 - 2 mealworms every other day. We'll also give him a bloodworm cube once a week too. We have big pebbles on the ground and a few hidey holes in the tank too.
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Hello and welome to the site! Nice looking tank and axolotl! It may be a pain in the butt to vaccum up all the poop though. Bloodworms are a good food source you may also want to think about purchasing earthworms and chop those up small enough for the axoltol to eat. I'm not sure mealworm is a stable food source for the axolotl here's what it states on this website:

http://www.axolotl.org/health.htm

"Other foods, such as mealworms, are quite low in calcium, which can lead to a number of problems. They also have a lot of chitin (a structural protein in insects and some crustaceans) which axolotls can't digest, and this passes through their guts intact. Again, these shouldn't be fed as the sole food but rather as an occasional treat to avoid health problems. Mealworms present an additional danger: they have poweful jaws that can damage an axolotl internally. If you must feed mealworms, it is advisable to crush the jaws of the mealworms prior to feeding. This can be accomplished using a strong forceps or tweezers."
 
AxYlOvEr said:
He hasn't moved around much and his gills are a bit pale. Is this normal, will he settle in soon? Thanks
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Hi and welcome :happy:.My axolotls gills go pale when he's not moving around much.Once he's up and about they go red,the blood starts pumping.Nice looking Axolotl.
 
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