Yea i want to set up blue lighting and a multiple fan setup (gets warmer here)
Also mum is wierded out by me having a snake, but these are fine =/
Also mum is wierded out by me having a snake, but these are fine =/
Axolotl
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Frank Castle
! means alot coming from the resident reptile guy 
. They remind me of my childhood catching salamanders in the creek behind my home. Just on steroids lol...as the specimen id find were a mere 4-5" and the water stage juvies 1-2".
much appreciated
Lol I thought you were just a catfish guy.
Lol I thought you were just a catfish guy.
Haha..... i enjoy all things aquatic and or albino, so these guys are a perfect fit for my creature feature
lol...
In short like scaly things. Reptiles, fish and to a degree amphibians.unfortunately space and finances are tough for me so unless i can maybe work holidays at the local lfs when i turn 15 then maybe i can keep more.
Currently $ 12 is all i have to feed my corn snake and soon my axolotl and 250L community
Currently $ 12 is all i have to feed my corn snake and soon my axolotl and 250L community
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What temperature are you keeping them at?
I've seen a few breeders who keep them in their grages in ponds and they let the ponds ice over during the winter.
I've seen a few breeders who keep them in their grages in ponds and they let the ponds ice over during the winter.
A lot of amphibinas do better when kept cooler 60F-74F, but for breeding they must be conditioned....brumated to simulate winter aestivation. By dropping them down into the 40's or 50's we "tell" their bodies it is Winter time, then in a few months we let Mother Nature warm them up on her own and they (if we are lucky as breeders) start breeding typically just after ice-out, usually. Amphibians have proven to be very difficult to breed in captivity ftmp, but we have had success with some.
My uncle who teaches uses reptiles and amphibians to demonstrate genetics with his biology classes ordered what he thought was going to be a mixed package of 12 axolotls with 4 or 5 morphs got 30 axos with 7 different morphs and gave away 15 or so and kept the rest and offered me as many as I wanted but I wasn't sure if I could handle the requirement for cooler water.
You can get a chiller for the tank, or you can use fans to an extent, but idk if the drafts are good for them. I never did, I just kept my temperate species at room temperature and they did fine when summer rolled around. Water at room temperature is always cooler than actual room temperature usually by a good 10 F degrees.....don't use air temps as a comparison. Most basements are just fine for keeping amphibians ....the concrete walls are a natural insulator, my basement is always at least 10-15 F cooler that the rest of the house any time of year. You can even get it a few degrees cooler than that by placing the tank directly on the concrete/tile floor. The floor just has a tendency to suck the heat right out of the tank.
