Laaine
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So less than a month ago I went into my local fish store to find a lonely axolotl with his cute little face!!! :lick: (yeah, I am actually smiling). I knew I had to have him so I bought him for $100.00. I put him in a tall 25 gallon tank with a lot of fake plants with leaves and tall fake grass. The water in the tank was previously used for my fish but I moved them to another 30 gallon tank to make room for King. I completely changed all the plants out of the aquarium and let the water filter through for about 2 days. I put him in about 3 weeks ago and he seems really happy !! I have fed him mostly bloodworms every day (a frozen cube). He also has white cloud minnows swimming around and they seem to be disappearing so I assume he eats them? I have given him one mealworm every saturday (I crushed their head.. i know its gross but you gotta). I also just recently found this krill treat.. it is freeze dried though. I have given him one and he seemed to like it. I would really like to change up his tank set-up but after reading about how touchy axolotl's are to change I am scared to. He seems happy with his current set up but I would love to add some live plants like anarchis, cabomba, vallisneria, and java fern. I also want to add some big rocks to kind of make climbing and hiding spots with the live plants around. He has a gravel substrate right now and I think it is big enough that he won't swallow it so I was going to leave that and cover it with the vallisneria eventually. Would this be an okay set-up for an axolotl? Are these plants safe, or would they cause a lot of algae, I have heard a lot of that happening in the beginning of live plant addition.
Also, would all this change stress King? Should I take him out and put him in a large container while I change everything? Can I add him right away after making the changes? Thanks everyone !!
Also, would all this change stress King? Should I take him out and put him in a large container while I change everything? Can I add him right away after making the changes? Thanks everyone !!