Introducing mistake?

[WilBor]

I have a 7 inch male Wild and hes been in his tank for 2 days, Earlier i introduced to him a female albino thats about 6inch. I'm carefully watching the both of them as the wild likes to follow the albino around and at one point they were staring at each other and the wild was slowly moving to her. I broke them up by getting the wild to swim away lol. Did i make a mistake by adding the albino in his tank?

 

[Holly12]

What size is the tank? Anything 20 gallons and smaller is much too small for more than 1 axie.

Is it fully cycled? If not, you risk the axies getting sick from ammonia and nitrite poisoning.

I would not put a male and female together because they will breed constantly and it's very hard on the female. He may nip at her if she is smaller too.

 

[WilBor]

It has a lot of floor space since its a 20 gallon long (30 inches long), The tank is mid cycle. I do 25% water change everyday to keep the ammonia at 0.50 ppm. There are also a lot of hides and I spot clean the tank everytime i have the chance

 

[Kirzzin]

I think that's fine, really. Wild types can be more aggressive, but they might nip and such at first, but the cuddles will come soon enough.
I recently introduced my 2, 8 month old wild and leucies who are about 6 inches to my 3 full grown 2 year Olds when I was cleaning the tanks. I kept an eye on them, and they did stare off a lot, but by the end of an hour they were all buddies up side by side.
Just make sure that she has somewhere to hide if she wants to get away. They will nip at eachother, it's normal, sometimes they will spook eachother, but it's normal.

 

[Holly12]

They are going to breed. And they will breed a lot. It's really not good for the female.
A 20G long is the minimum for 1 adult aXie and you have two fairly large juveniles in that size.
You want to keep the ammonia below .25ppm. Any higher and you will start to burn the gills. One being added during a cycle is dangerous enough and now you have two.

 

[WilBor]

I'm getting a tank divider tomorrow, The tank is still pretty lengthy so they will still have a lot of room to roam around. I know a guy whos had his ammonia levels at 0.50 and nitrite at 0.25 constantly, His axolotls have been healthy for as long as he's had em. I also plan to breed these two when they both get bigger. And I have a lot of spare tanks (10 gal, 15 gal, 20 gal) if any other problems arise with them or the 3 juvies that im getting in the next coming days (Their tank is setup and cycled).
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The albino and the wild seem to be buddies now, Theyre always beside each other and have very long stare offs and go back to cuddling lol, there were some instances when the wild would try to nip at the albino but the albino is much bigger and much faster.

The albino does not seem to make any effort to nip at the wild though.

 

[AxolotlChris]

20gal long is an accepted minimum size for a single Axolotl, bigger would be better. Your tank is a little small for two adults. Keeping Axolotls within an inch of each other is accepted, any larger size difference can result in accidents.A tank divider will minimize both of their floor space and will not necessarily prevent breeding, spermatophores can sometime still get through depending on the divider you use. As long as you monitor your cycle carefully and keep on top of the water changes to keep the ammonia ideally 0.5ppm or lower you should be okay, the tank will cycle but slowly.

I would aim for a larger tank.

 

[Holly12]

Not too sure why you asked the question if you didn'the really want to hear the answer? It seems you are determined to do what you want regardless of the advice given.
Just because someone has axolotls in water with ammonia and nitrites and they are alive, doesn't mean they are thriving and the healthiest they can be. I've got snakes and I can keep them in 45% humidity and they can still be alive. Will they thrive and be healthy? No. Will I run I to problems down the line from stress and improper keeping? Definitely.

 

[WilBor]

I wanted to hear everyones opinions on it? I got another 20 Gal for the Wild and theyre Both in separate shoe boxes while I cycle their tanks with pure ammonia. Meanwhile I have 3 juvies in a fully cycled 20 long as a "Grow up" tank while I wait to get enough money for a 50 gal long. I do a %100 water change on the shoe boxes whenever I see waste to prevent ammonia buildup and I also have some fake plants they can hide in to prevent some stress.

The juvies were raised individually when they started growing their front legs, I've never seen them nip at each other and I watch them for hours when I have the time. the breeder I got them from told me that they shouldnt have any aggression towards each other and so far hes right. I keep them well fed and clean out any poop that I see with a turkey baster.

 

[Holly12]

Glad to hear the two older ones will be in two separate 20 gals and the juvies in a tank until they move to a 50.

When they are all the same size, will you put them all in a 50 together? Or separate out females so they don't breed constantly? I'd love to have a 40 or 50 gal with a few same sex axies, but all I can fit is a 20.

 

[WilBor]

Most likely getting 2 50 gals (for the male and females), once the juvies grow to the "breeding" size i'll seperate them by gender and I'll make all the 20 gals into a breeding tank. As of now theyre still too small to tell which gender they are?.
Total count of Axies is 5
1 Wild | 7 in
1 Albino | 7 in
1 Black Melanoid | 3 in
1 Leucisitc | 3 in
1 GFP Golden Albino | 3 in

I have big plans to breed these guys and I'll most likely sell 60% of the eggs that I yield here