Feeder fish

[Monnie122890]

Does anyone house feeder fish and axolotls together? Or even shrimp?
If so do the axolotls end up over eating?

 

[Noodlethenewt]

I don’t keep then with fish they can nip their gills. Shrimp is fine and even beneficial they should be too fast for axies

 

[Monnie122890]

I don’t keep then with fish they can nip their gills. Shrimp is fine and even beneficial they should be too fast for axies

Thank you! Any particular shrimp?

 

[Binditheaxolotl]

Thank you! Any particular shrimp?

Ghost and cherry!

 

[losfrijoles]

We used to put feeder fish in with our Axolotl when we went on vacation so she would have something to eat. This worked great a few times until we got a particularly aggressive minnow and now she just hides from fish rather than eating them. Same story with ghost shrimp: they bugged her while eating one day and she refused food for a week. So she is now alone in her tank.

 

[Jrosenbloom4]

Does anyone house feeder fish and axolotls together? Or even shrimp?
If so do the axolotls end up over eating?

I keep cherry shrimp with my axolotl. They seem to leave eachother alone although the shrimp go missing every once and a while.

 

[Calgarycoppers]

I breed guppies to allow my axos to hunt when they choose. I also use cherry and ghost shrimp after they get quarantined. YOu can use white cloud mountain minnows after quarantine as well.

Quarantine is 30 days to watch for parasites and illness.

 

[Jrosenbloom4]

I breed guppies to allow my axos to hunt when they choose. I also use cherry and ghost shrimp after they get quarantined. YOu can use white cloud mountain minnows after quarantine as well.

Quarantine is 30 days to watch for parasites and illness.

I want to introduce white clouds to my tank when I go on long vacations so that my axolotl could have a source of food. Would this be a good idea? I have cherry shrimp but it's hard to tell if my axolotl eats them or they're hiding.

 

[Calgarycoppers]

Youd need to get them a month before to quarantine first