7 day old axolotls

[kirstyA]

i was wondering if anyone had any useful info to help me, my female axie laid eggs 7 days ago today, ive been informed they take between 2-3 weeks to hatch but half of mine have hatched already at 7 days, is this normal and will they survive?

 

[Bellabelloo]

If the water is on the warm side , it will speed up the development. I raised a batch one summer and they nearly caught me out..just managed to get the brine shrimp hatching in time!

 

[Darkmaverick]

Hi Kirsty,

Congrats on being axolotl babies' godmum. Here are some links to help you in your quest of raising them.

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

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/microfoods.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/raising.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/why_larvae_die.shtml

Cheers

 

[blueberlin]

Hi Kirsty,

One week till hatching - wow! New one on me.

In any case, the first month is the touchy time, with the first two weeks being the most critical (mainly trying to fnd food small enough to keep them alive), and the second two weeks to a lesser degree. You therefore will not have to wait long to see whether the larvae are viable.

Please do keep us updated - and I am sure nobody would complain if you gave us some baby pictures. :happy:

-Eva

 

[kirstyA]

Hi Kirsty,

One week till hatching - wow! New one on me.

In any case, the first month is the touchy time, with the first two weeks being the most critical (mainly trying to fnd food small enough to keep them alive), and the second two weeks to a lesser degree. You therefore will not have to wait long to see whether the larvae are viable.

Please do keep us updated - and I am sure nobody would complain if you gave us some baby pictures. :happy:

-Eva

hi eva i would love to put pics on here but only just learning how to use a computer, i will take some of their progress and when i know how i will put them on here, and yeah they totally took me by suprise seeing as the water temp is only between 20-21, at the moment they dont move much but i have put baby daphinia in with them, i have counted 13 eggs that have not yet hatched:happy:

 

[kirstyA]

Hi Kirsty,

Congrats on being axolotl babies' godmum. Here are some links to help you in your quest of raising them.

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

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/microfoods.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/raising.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/why_larvae_die.shtml

Cheers

thank you for the links they are very helpfull

 

[blueberlin]

hi eva i would love to put pics on here but only just learning how to use a computer, i will take some of their progress and when i know how i will put them on here, and yeah they totally took me by suprise seeing as the water temp is only between 20-21, at the moment they dont move much but i have put baby daphinia in with them, i have counted 13 eggs that have not yet hatched:happy:

Hi Kirsty!

20-21°C is actually on the warm side. It's not bad, but it is definitely on the top side of acceptable. I mention it because you wrote "only 20°" and there is no "only" about it - better is more like 16°C. My tanks are at a pretty constant 18° and that seems fine for everybody - plants, snails, fish, and axolotls. The axolotls would prefer >20°C if at all possible.

No worries about the photos. I just like to look at axolotl pictures.

-Eva

 

[Heather at HMSG]

Hi Kirsty!

The axolotls would prefer >20°C if at all possible

-Eva

Eva - your symbol '>' means 'greater than', I'm sure you meant '<'.........

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Heather (pedant!)