Alternate Foods?

[memojo1979]

Hi everyone!
I'm a big believer in giving animals variety in their diets, to help give balance + to avoid difficiencies (oooh, how's that spelled?!), so my 3 axies are now on a diet of earthworms, with pellets occasionally.
(I have an old plastic popcorn tub filled with compost / earth / coco brick, that I top up every so often with worms from eBay - I asked a lot of questions from the sellers before deciding on some that are safe! They are even breeding in there )
I have a decent supply of frozen food (mainly bloodworm), but feel that the little bits are too small for my guys now, so I'm looking for more food options - something I can use as a weekly / fortnightly / monthly.
My local rep shop recommended crickets, which I tried AGES ago, but although the axies ate them (my wild type absolutely loved them!), they obviously messed up the filter. I'm not going to bother with mealworms.
On eBay, I've found waxworms + Calci worms (also called Phoenix Worms or Soldier Grubs, which are the larvae of the black soldier fly [Hermetia illucens]). Has anyone tried either of these? Or, does anyone know if they are safe for axies?
Cheers :happy:

 

[Kaysie]

Waxworms are fatty, but are fine sparingly. My whole herd LOVES them.

 

[memojo1979]

Ta :happy:
Hmmmm... Assuming you use the word "herd" as a generalisation for a group, does anyone know what a group of axies is officially called?!

 

[Kaysie]

Since axolotls don't normally congregate, I don't think they have a name for a group. I meant 'herd' to encompass all of my salamanders, not just the axolotl.

Also, if it were me, I would call them a 'weird' of axolotls.

 

[memojo1979]

Ha! I like that!
Gonna use it
I know a group of gargoyles is called a nastiness + thanks to my favourite author (Neil Gaiman), I know a little story with a possible reason for a group of crows to be called a murder.
I like worrdy-things like that

 

[Gavin Hunter]

I use cherry shrimp and marble crayfish youngsters!The staple is earthworms.The babies eat Moina and Magna Daphnia.My ability to hatch out FW fairy shrimp sucks! Their bellies are full!

 

[mewsie]

I actually looked up the collective noun for axolotls once... And according to some websites it is 'harem' but I strongly suspect that's nonsense made up by someone.

Up until now I've referred to mine as my 'pack' (a term carried over from having lots of AIBO, i dread to think what would happen if axolotls were actually pack animals!) but I am now officially adopting 'weird' instead!