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Hello from Missouri

EuryceaMoon

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Hello, I've just joined after reading and lurking on this forum for ages.
I'm from Missouri and my primary reason for joining is for the sake of my young adult salamander, Moon. Long story short behind him, I made the stupid decision of taking him home as a larva from a creek on the property of a friend of mine's two years ago. He's been with me since before he metamorphosed and is now living in a divided semi-aquatic tank (10 gallon).
I'm joining with the hopes to improve his living overall as well as finally identifying him. I've had him over two years now and still am clueless beyond Eurycea. I've even consulted with biologists at a local college in my area and they couldn't tell! I'm pretty sure he's either a lucifuga or longicauda just with a strange color or morph.
I'm going to try and add some photos of him just for introductions sake, but I'll probably make a post in an appropriate forum to see if anyone can ID him. I'm excited to join finally!
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  • Shane douglas:
    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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  • Thorninmyside:
    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
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    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
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  • Clareclare:
    Would Chinese fire belly newts be more or less inclined towards an aquatic eft set up versus Japanese . I'm raising them and have abandoned the terrarium at about 5 months old and switched to the aquatic setups you describe. I'm wondering if I could do this as soon as they morph?
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