deeveeance
New member
I've been lurking for a while now, about a year and change, throughout the entire venture of researching before getting my two Axolotl (Tat'l and Tael) until now, its been a ton of reading, waiting, and prepping.
Had I not come on here, I wouldn't have known to cycle the tank before introducing anything living, what substrates to use, how often to perform water changes, what type of water I am working with (from my faucets), feeding schedules, etc etc.
I had issues with cloudy/murky water, tons of algae growth, finicky lightin, proper placement of the tank for temps, excess tannins in the water... but all solved just by coming on here, searching and even posting once.
So thank you all for your help and attendance!
I just splurged and purchased a new Fluval 307 for my current 40 gallon breeder tank, and the water went from murky, dirty and brown to crystal clear within a week and a half. The axolotl love it too, as the flow is baffled off, hitting the side of the tank and they sit alongside of it. Funny really.
I also purchased 10 ghost shrimp last week to aide in the algae, but it looks like only one is left alive as of today. The hair algae was significantly reduced, though, so at least their sacrifice was not in vain.
Now onto the long term care portion.
Both of these little guys are a year old, and I might even consider getting one more at around the same age to make use of the space!
Again, thank you all for the help.
Had I not come on here, I wouldn't have known to cycle the tank before introducing anything living, what substrates to use, how often to perform water changes, what type of water I am working with (from my faucets), feeding schedules, etc etc.
I had issues with cloudy/murky water, tons of algae growth, finicky lightin, proper placement of the tank for temps, excess tannins in the water... but all solved just by coming on here, searching and even posting once.
So thank you all for your help and attendance!
I just splurged and purchased a new Fluval 307 for my current 40 gallon breeder tank, and the water went from murky, dirty and brown to crystal clear within a week and a half. The axolotl love it too, as the flow is baffled off, hitting the side of the tank and they sit alongside of it. Funny really.
I also purchased 10 ghost shrimp last week to aide in the algae, but it looks like only one is left alive as of today. The hair algae was significantly reduced, though, so at least their sacrifice was not in vain.
Now onto the long term care portion.
Both of these little guys are a year old, and I might even consider getting one more at around the same age to make use of the space!
Again, thank you all for the help.
