Question: Can I house a new axolotl with my old one?

[Nurt]

So I've been thinking about when my axolotl turns about a year old to get another one. He has been living alone in the tank next to my bearded dragon for about 3 months. He is about 3 months old. He lives in a twenty gallon tank and is about 6 inches. SO would it be alright to get another one once hes one.( id get one roughly the same age and lenght)

 

[Cloppy]

I would think it would be okay if you get a female and she is 6 inches as well, but still make there is plenty of food for both of them so they do not start out competing each other for food.

 

[WalkingFish]

Hello there, to give you a quick answer yes technically. Axolotl can grow up to 10 inches and a general rule of thumb for aquariums is one inch of fish per gallon of water. However axolotls produce a lot more waste than fish lol. What I'm getting at is if you were to add another Axolotl, they will both continue to grow even after 1 year and may eventually experience some crowding in a 20 gallon tank. I also don't know what kind of equipment you're running though. As long as you have sufficient filtration without too much water flow I don't see what the problem would be. Just don't take up a bunch of their real estate with decorations. But I always tell everyone that I comment to about axolotls to check out this website Axolotls: The Fascinating Mexican Axolotl and the Tiger Salamander it has been the most useful and the information seems to be the most accurate. I am no professional but the people at the website are. Good luck and have fun

 

[emdalliance]

I personally wouldn't want 2 axolotls in a 20 gal tank when you don't know how big they're gonna be yet. They're too messy and I would feel there was potentially not enough room for them, I always err on the side of bigger than the bare minimum.


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