Accidental Axolitl

[littlebignafe]

Had my first batch of eggs ever the other day, last Tuesday, i was very excited but decided to get rid of them as i didn't have the food/room to look after a whole lot of babies.

As i was doing a water change i saw a wriggle of activity and found a single hatchling which i missed. I don't know how old it is but I have no food to feed it at the moment, (going to find some tomorrow)

As this is my first hatchling, and i am not really prepared (but want to keep it) please may i have the important advice for keeping hatchlings

I have checked again and again (now) no more left in the big tank.


Thanks in advance
Nathan

 

[littlebignafe]

I know there are websites linked and will read them but please forgive me for asking for the nitty gritty need to know facts in a short space of time without having to skim through information i don't need

 

[auntiejude]

Easiest food to get quickly is daphnia - most aquarium specialists and pet shops have some. Use a fine kitchen sieve or a tea strainer to remove the largest daphnia and feed your baby the small ones.
A BBS hatchery is easy to set up - again you can often get decapsulated eggs in an aquarium specialist place - see tutorial on here for instructions. You shouldn't have any trouble with the temp for BBS at the moment!

Its easier to move the baby to a fresh clean tub than it is to clean it's own tub out - I use 2 takeaway containers and alternate them.

 

[littlebignafe]

Thanks a lot

 

[xxianxx]

I wouldn't go to the trouble of hatching brine shrimp for one axolotl, nor the daily cleaning it will require. The easier low maintenance option is pond water in a heavily planted tank, add daphnia as they run out, as the axolotl gets bigger add mosquito larvae (not if the tanks in the house or you live in an area with mozzy communicable diseases), white worm, random pond bugs, watch out for predatory insect larvae.

 

[Sweetie]

Btw Nathan, I adore your thread title. How will we refer to a baby lotl from now on? As an axolitl of course! Very good.