Wjouet
New member
Hi all,
I'm a (soon to be) newbie Axolotl owner with my son - we have a golden Axolotl on hold at my local reptile centre while I set the tank up.
I have a couple of questions - hope someone doesn't mind answering for me.
1) The tank I have is 36" long, 12" wide and 18" high - I've been told that is definitely big enough for one Axolotl, but wondered if that is big enough for two ?
2) How high do you fill the tank with water ? In my local reptile centre they only half fill their tanks, but in a lot of the pictures I have seen the tank is full. My understanding is that Axolotls stay at the bottom of the tank, so don't need a lot of water height in the tank.
3) I've decided to use fine sand at the bottom of the tank, and have purchased this from Amazon --> Pettex Roman Gravel Black Sand 8 kg: Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies Can anyone confirm that this sand is suitable please ? I haven't received it yet but the description states its very fine sand, which I understand would be ok.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Warren
I'm a (soon to be) newbie Axolotl owner with my son - we have a golden Axolotl on hold at my local reptile centre while I set the tank up.
I have a couple of questions - hope someone doesn't mind answering for me.
1) The tank I have is 36" long, 12" wide and 18" high - I've been told that is definitely big enough for one Axolotl, but wondered if that is big enough for two ?
2) How high do you fill the tank with water ? In my local reptile centre they only half fill their tanks, but in a lot of the pictures I have seen the tank is full. My understanding is that Axolotls stay at the bottom of the tank, so don't need a lot of water height in the tank.
3) I've decided to use fine sand at the bottom of the tank, and have purchased this from Amazon --> Pettex Roman Gravel Black Sand 8 kg: Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies Can anyone confirm that this sand is suitable please ? I haven't received it yet but the description states its very fine sand, which I understand would be ok.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Warren