Newbie, any tips? Brine shrimp..

[vikki]

Hi
Brine shrimp are sea monkeys yes??
Are waxworms a good food?
They should have a staple diet but what do you suggest? I was looking into salmon pellets.
My local pet store feeds them reptomin but they don't seem to be too keen.
I would like to look into breeding brine shrimp or daphnia. Is it fairly easy to do?

Vikki

 

[michael]

Brine shrimp are sea monkeys. Brine shrimp are simple to hatch but difficult to raise. I hatch and feed them off in 1 to 2 days. It would be easier to answer your question if we knew what size and type salamander you are feeding.

 

[vikki]

ok, thanks, I'm getting two 10cm Axololts. I searched on the internet for salmon pellets but found absolutely nothing in the UK, does anyone know any supliers?

Vikki

 

[mark]

Hi Vikki, I don't keep Axolotls myself but I would think that at 10cm they would be able to take larger prey than brine shrimp. Small chopped earthworms and frozen bloodworms would maKe a good staple diet. You should be able to get earthworms from a fishing shop (or your garden)and frozen bloodworm can be found in most pet shops.
Cheers,

 

[vikki]

Thank you

I was panicing a bit, I've got a week and a half until i can introduce some axolotl. I don't want to be a bad mum!
Do axolotls breed easily in aquariums? It's just i'm not sure my pet shop knows how to sex them!

Vikki

 

[vikki]

Another question... Do axolotls eat fish in the wild, if I bred guppies for the axis to eat would they eat them? Or are fish not really good for them because of the bones?

Vikki

 

[mark]

Given the correct housing and feeding Axolotls breed readily in captivity. They are close extinction in the wild so all Axolotls in the pet trade have been bred in captivity. I doubt you can sex them until they are sexually mature. 10cm is a probably too small. When mature, males have a larger cloaca. Have you seen http://www.axolotl.org/ ? It will answer all your questions and there's a specific Axolotl section on the forum with lots of helpful people.

I personally would avoid feeder fish. Some keepers use them. Some of the dangers are:
- the fish may require different temperatures to the Axolotl
- the fish may nibble at the Axolotl's gills
- the fish may carry disease which spreads to the Axolotl.
- some fish have skeletons that are designed to be hard to swallow.

Ask around on the Axie forum and see what they say.

Cheers,