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I have questions about Juvenile axolotls

CaluKanKen

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I recently purchased two juvenile axolotls from someone in my town. They are both 2 inches and have all four legs and I was wondering if it would be alright if I housed the two together in one tank or if I should keep a divider between them. I’ve read online that little axolotls will try to nip at each and that they should be seperate but I’m not sure how long I should keep mine separated.
Another question I have is about hand feeding, I take mine out of their tank and separate them in little bins and feed them frozen bloodworms but I don’t know how I can tell when I fed them enough and I’ve read around seen that you can over feed them if you hand feed them which is currently the only way I can get my two axolotls interested in eating. So I wonder how I can tell when they are full by behavior? I noticed that my axolotls will kind of look away from the bloodworms I offer them after a while, is that when I should stop feeding them?
I also was wondering how long does it take axolotls to grow? I’ve looked around but the only answer I’ve seen is that they grow fast, is fast like a month or a couple of weeks?
 

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They should be separated for a while

You need to offer food twice a day and as much as they'll eat.

Axolotls that size should never have been sold. 3-4" is the standard at least here in Canada.

You should source better food as bloodworm is only 6-9% protein and a olotls need 40-46% protein.

Blackworms are ideal at this age. And they can survive in water so you can leave a clump and they eat as much as they want when they want.
 

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If fed enough they will be fine kept together. At that size they should be fed at least once a day.
 
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