Two quick questions about new eggs

[Spartacus]

Two quick questions about newly laid eggs.
Are they okay in a 15 degrees celcius tank until I have another warmer one set up?
Also can the babies tank have sand on the bottom, or should this be removed?
Thanks

 

[dragonlady]

Hi,

First off, yeah, get rid of the sand. Sand is to babies what gravel is to adults. You don't want the water too warm as it will cause them to hatch sooner. Here are a couple of places to get you started:

Rearing
Egg development

Hope this helps

 

[Spartacus]

Cool, thanks a lot. Sand is gone and the babies are on their way to hatching
So excited, busy hunting for homes.

 

[Danni]

Hi

I'm guessing you still live in Dunedin?

Just wondering because if you lived closer to Auckland I would love to buy some of your young Axolotls...

Danni

 

[Spartacus]

There is an article on this site about methods for posting axies, don't know how I'd feel about trying it though. Tell you what, if you find out with NZ Post or whoever is in charge, about their regulations regarding posting live animals, if everything is fine we could give it a go.
If not, the eggs can probably be posted, if you'd want to try rearing them, but its time consuming from what I hear.
Let me know

 

[chuckieee]

Hey i would like to start breeding my axols soon, and i have a question to ask.

when you bred your axols, about how many eggs were there, and how many survived to healthy hatchlings?..

also, if i leave the hatchlings in the tank, will the parents eat them?.
or if i give the hatchlings to my other axolotls will they eat them?

 

[Spartacus]

I had about 300 eggs. My adults haven't eaten any eggs I left in the tank, but once they hatch, i'd say they will, if they don't die first.
My eggs haven't hatched yet and I sold a lot of them. There were probably about twenty failed eggs all up, and the rest seemed to be growing fine but things may change after they hatch