natalia23
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Hi all! I have two adult axolotls (I’ve had others in the past) that are about 3 and a half years old. They are a happy little couple, a wild male and leucistic female. I have been saying for a while I thought she had eggs, but everyone said I was wrong. We went on a little get away and when we got back I checked on the axolotls looking closely for eggs because I was still convinced. Over the next five days I didn’t check as closely and apparently during all that time I had missed the eggs. When I finally saw them I removed them from the adult’s tank and started researching. Within a week they were hatching. There are only a few left still in eggs and the hatched babies look great. By the time I found the eggs I assume the adults had consumed most of them because I only got about 120. I would say I have 80-90 babies, I believe they are mostly wild and melanoid with what I hope are a few leucistics mixed in. I’m sort of looking for any special tips, especially for hatching BBS. I have some packets of eggs with salt mixed in, but I must be doing something wrong because it seems most of them don’t hatch. I have seen the baby axolotls darting forward here and there, but they don’t have round orange bellies. I put some eggs sacks in with them (healthy looking ones), but I feel like they need more food. I don’t know where to get daphnia or any other type of live food that is small enough so I need to make the BBS work. I have included some pictures of the babies because they are just so cute! If anyone sees any they think are leucistic please say so.
