Feeding w/ Brine Shrimp

[miriam]

Sorry for the deluge of questions, here...

The brine shrimp I have are tiny. I put some in my baby (less than 2cm) axolotl's bowl, and I'm assuming he ate some because he seemed to have a brine-shrimp-colored area on his stomach later, but I"m not totally sure. Is there anything I need to to do to make sure he'll find the shrimp and eat them? They're so small compared to the amount of water in the bowl, and I don't think I actually saw him lunge at them.

I have about probably 3 cups of water in the bowl (actually a very-well-rinsed out pickle jar, for now).

 

[andy]

He'll find them fine Miriam, you can also use daphnia as a food source

 

[cynthia]

Miriam - Seeing the "orange" stomach means it is eating brine shrimp.

Sometimes they hunt by not hunting...they just wait for brine shrimp just swim within striking distance

 

[david]

Just got my first two babies, only about 2/3cm. Have brought live daphnia and frozen bloodworm. How much of this should i put in the tank for the two of them?

 

[sharn]

hmmm id chuck in a fair amount of daphnia (because they dont spoil the water and die) and give them bloodworms like once a day, or however often you want to feed them. bloodworms are super messy and are just plain annoying haha