Want to see everyones Larve / baby tanks/setups

[Cleigh9579]

I would love to see everyones baby tanks, I have 3 little ones under an 1in in a plastic shoe box container for now. I would love to see how everyone else rasies them. :happy:

 

[Martin21114]

I started some in plastic deli containers as eggs/larvae. Then I moved them into plastic shoeboxes as juveniles, then into various aquariums.

 

[Bdyoung]

Wow I love the coloring of the 3rd and 6th picture.

 

[slater]

I raise my larvae in a number of plastic tubs -- the tub pictured here is about 30x18x6 (inches). These aren't axolotl larvae, but rather Salamandra salamandra terrestris larvae. Still, the idea is the same except that I've provided lots of haul-out areas for when the larvae morph.

Usually the water is about 5-6" deep -- it's a bit lower in these pictures because I was in the middle of doing a water change. Water temperature is always very cool. Lots of live plants and a very small filter in the corner. This tank is for larvae that are very close to morphing -- smaller larvae are kept in other, less-planted tubs where it's easier for me to monitor their feeding. These days, I'm checking this tub every night in case any animals have morphed; morphs are then moved to a small terrestrial habitat (as you can see in the third picture). I do keep a ventilated lid on this tank, since I don't want any morphs escaping.

 

[xxianxx]

The first pic is an inside axolotl tank, the soil on the floor is from the white worms just fed to them and would be removed when the worms were consumed.The second pic is a close up of my 5ft outside tank which i raised axolotls in last summer, built up a good supply of bugs and dropped a hundred in when the weather warmed up, the final shot is of some of the babies who went in, that tank was used to build up a bit of body mass before being released.

 

[Cleigh9579]

These are so awesome, I love seeing how everyone does this. I am learing and in the process of trying to raise a few little ones. I love the coloring on some of these babies.

 

[FX1C]

Here's a progression of the various layouts of a tank for a single baby axie who came as an egg on a plant purchased for another aquarium (I'm a totally unplanned parent )
I knew nothing at the start & only learned about substrates from this forum - having been told & sold everything wrong by a couple of local shops! Thankfully he's tough & survived my mistakes





In the pic above I changed the gravel to a black quartz sand which was horribly sticky & seemed to get stuck on the little ones gills (changed 48hrs later!)- also the orange were pellets that took forever to digest - since changing diet to live blackworms he's grown leaps & bounds.


Changed to very fine white sand but way too much!!! Ooooops!


Changed to a rock hide but it was too low & he wouldn't go near it

 

[FX1C]

His current set up is

Seems to like the hide a lot &
Behind the plant & croc there's a worm pit which he loves to go & feast on black worms
Sorry for posting so many pics but my little one is such a cutie!

 

[layna]

plain and simple; nursery tank with 1 pot, some floating plants and bare bottom