Hi Every one my name is Peter and Im from Melbourne Australia.
I used to keep axolotls back around the 99-2001 period I had quite a few of them kept about 6 in a large tank and several even bred and we had babies. However all my axolotls succumbed to some type of fungal infection, they stop eating there gills got fluff on them and the gills curved forward and they lost appetite eventually carking it one by one, even the babies who were cool and who we all had names for too. I had alot of correspondence with Susan Duhon at the Axolotl colony in Indiana and followed her advice but they all tradigically died.
Recently, probably because of watching Walking with Dinosaurs and Monsters too many times I have considered maybe keeping a single axolotl in a 45 by 30cm tank I still have.
It is not huge but I used to keep a single lotl that I called Nero Gilly in who was black and my first axolotl. Ive been thinking of keeping maybe just one in there or two at the most but I am a bit discouraged because of the hot summers we have here.
I have setup the tank without any gravel and have nice upiside down wide cactus dish as a hidey house and a few plastic plants and a small rock formation with a mermaid wanted sign. I wanted to keep it simple so it easy to clean. Ive been thinking that if a heat wave happened I could empty the tank and move it to out basement/cellar where it is a bit cooler or put the axolotl in the fridge. For the tank I would use a simple box filter, would this suffice for Axolotls? as I think gravel traps too much junk and is harder to clean cleanliness is my main pirority in the diff conditions due to heat. I ahve placed the tank away form the window in darkish spot so in summer the cutains will be closed anyway and the tank wont be exposed to sun.
Anyway I would welcome any advice on keepers of lotls in Australia on heat control and Ive been reading your posts and enjoying them alot in the mean time.
Cheers,
Peter
I used to keep axolotls back around the 99-2001 period I had quite a few of them kept about 6 in a large tank and several even bred and we had babies. However all my axolotls succumbed to some type of fungal infection, they stop eating there gills got fluff on them and the gills curved forward and they lost appetite eventually carking it one by one, even the babies who were cool and who we all had names for too. I had alot of correspondence with Susan Duhon at the Axolotl colony in Indiana and followed her advice but they all tradigically died.
Recently, probably because of watching Walking with Dinosaurs and Monsters too many times I have considered maybe keeping a single axolotl in a 45 by 30cm tank I still have.
It is not huge but I used to keep a single lotl that I called Nero Gilly in who was black and my first axolotl. Ive been thinking of keeping maybe just one in there or two at the most but I am a bit discouraged because of the hot summers we have here.
I have setup the tank without any gravel and have nice upiside down wide cactus dish as a hidey house and a few plastic plants and a small rock formation with a mermaid wanted sign. I wanted to keep it simple so it easy to clean. Ive been thinking that if a heat wave happened I could empty the tank and move it to out basement/cellar where it is a bit cooler or put the axolotl in the fridge. For the tank I would use a simple box filter, would this suffice for Axolotls? as I think gravel traps too much junk and is harder to clean cleanliness is my main pirority in the diff conditions due to heat. I ahve placed the tank away form the window in darkish spot so in summer the cutains will be closed anyway and the tank wont be exposed to sun.
Anyway I would welcome any advice on keepers of lotls in Australia on heat control and Ive been reading your posts and enjoying them alot in the mean time.
Cheers,
Peter
