Axolotls (Mexican Walking Fish)

Chefwheredyougo · Nov 21, 2019

AJQ69 said:
Those are some fascinating creatures, unfortunately, no pet shops in my area carry them.
Congrats on such achievement

Thanks. Not successful yet. The hard part is about to begin rearing the fry. If that's successful I can try to send some to people if they cover shipping costs

Chefwheredyougo · Nov 25, 2019

We decides to keep 35 of them to rear. 5 days in, they are starting to take on the tadpole stage. It also appears that all of these will be some type of albino, like their mother. In about 1 week, they will be free swimming. We also have the brine shrimp hatchery up and running and ready for them.

Chefwheredyougo · Dec 3, 2019

New update, we're about ~4 days out until the hatching begins. We've lost 3 that did not make it out of the first stage. A few of these guys have colored up, looks like 2 or 3 will be wild (black) coloration, mostly still albinos, and a few that may have spotted colors of albino and wild. Lots of movement in this sacs

MombasaLionfish · Dec 3, 2019

NotFishyFishGuy said:
Thanks. What do they evolve to? A raichu? Or perhaps a charizard?

Nope a Swampert.

MombasaLionfish · Dec 3, 2019

I have always wanted one of these guys. I may eventually turn the gold fish tank into an axolotl tank. One question do they need a chiller?

Chefwheredyougo · Dec 3, 2019

MombasaLionfish said:
I have always wanted one of these guys. I may eventually turn the gold fish tank into an axolotl tank. One question do they need a chiller?

It depends. The water needs to be less than 72... my ambient temp in house is around 69 water temp is about 68 without a heater. I would reccomend one, but I personally don't use one because the house is so cold.

MombasaLionfish said:
Nope a Swampert.

Forgot about swampert. He's definitely the closest lol

AJQ69 · Dec 3, 2019

looking good

Chefwheredyougo · Dec 3, 2019

AJQ69 said:
looking good

Thanks. Just spoke to a biology teacher, and 2 are spoken for. Tried to donate the lot, but she wasn't having it lol. So the rest will be sold to a lfs

Chefwheredyougo · Dec 5, 2019

We have our first hatchlings. 3 in total so far. The rest should be arriving soonish over the next few days. All are alive and swimming swimmingly

Bbfishb81 · Dec 5, 2019

I have a breeding pair myself, feed them a mix of worms,minnows and pellets. One is an albino and one a luci. They had layed a couple hundred eggs I first batch, and take about 10-14 days to hatch, warmer water equals faster hatching. I had containers of daphnia shrimp going as soon as I could find them. As babies they are cannibalistic, so watch for that, managed to have 41 babies live 2 weeks from hatching. Amazing creatures. Enjoy!

Chefwheredyougo · Dec 5, 2019

Bbfishb81 said:
I have a breeding pair myself, feed them a mix of worms,minnows and pellets. One is an albino and one a luci. They had layed a couple hundred eggs I first batch, and take about 10-14 days to hatch, warmer water equals faster hatching. I had containers of daphnia shrimp going as soon as I could find them. As babies they are cannibalistic, so watch for that, managed to have 41 babies live 2 weeks from hatching. Amazing creatures. Enjoy!

Great tips thank you! I didn't know about the warmer water thing. She laid hundreds of eggs as well. I knew I didn't have a setup to rear that many, so some became cichlid and marine betta food. ;Sorry However, now my lfs that's buying this clutch said he'd buy everyone I bring to him in the future as well so I guess I'll use this spare 55 for that. As far as the current situation, I think I'm going to separate them all into disposable shot glasses or something. I read that if fed well it'll curb that voracious appetite. I have baby brine shrimp ready to hatch in about a day. So hopefully they enjoy those.