melanistic axolotl

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i would imagine its the same as a normal axolotl...
 
If the question is the color, morphs dont change the care required. If you look at the last thread about axolotls, its actually a care sheet.

Basically, keep the water as clean as possible. Keep the water 68 F or lower, anything over 72 F for long periods will be harmful. Feeding is easy, pellets, shrimp, earthworms etc. They dont see too well, so strong odor pellets are best. Be careful with feeding, obesity is common with axols. They prefer low light. Mixing any fish with axols is dangerous as any fish has the possiblity of picking on the feathery gills. Very easy to care for.

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A container would be a better option. Use a tupperware to catch it and comfortably move it. A net can be rough on the skin or gills. Your hand can have chemicals or something else on it. Hands are never recommended for axols. Personally, I do use my hands as they can be gentle and not stress the axols too much, but it is always a risk
 
of course, when my axol was a baby I fed her bloodworms and mysis shrimp until she grew enough to take a pellet
 
I forgot to mention, NO gravel. Poor eyesight makes swallowing gravel a common, fatal problem. Even though axols are sensitive, they are extremely easy.

My setup is simply a 20 gallon with a sponge filter, sand, live plants and a piece of driftwood or two. Twice a week feeding and every other day 20% WC. In all honesty, my axolotl is my lowest mainenance pet. I put in much more work with my reptiles and fish. Some of my house plants are more work...
 
Shenanigans said:
I forgot to mention, NO gravel. Poor eyesight makes swallowing gravel a common, fatal problem. Even though axols are sensitive, they are extremely easy.

My setup is simply a 20 gallon with a sponge filter, sand, live plants and a piece of driftwood or two. Twice a week feeding and every other day 20% WC. In all honesty, my axolotl is my lowest mainenance pet. I put in much more work with my reptiles and fish. Some of my house plants are more work...
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+1 on the gravel- SERIOUSLY!!!

Check out Caudata (http://www.caudata.org/) and the axolotl section if you ever need a quick resource; Dorado has all of the main points, however !! Only thing I would care to add would be make sure your filter has a gentle feedback, as their gills will curve forward due to their stress due to high current, keep the water as cold as humanly possible (I keep my tank in between 58-62), and make sure that the water you are using for them is hard- they like a GH of about 180-300PPM and it can seriously damage their slime coat and in the long term kill them if the water is too soft.

I have 5 of them at this point, I freakin' love them <3! Best of luck!

ALSO earthworms are the only thing you ever really need to feed these guys- as juveniles they need to be fed every day, but once they are fullgrown you can drop their feeding to once every few days to twice a week. Bloodworms are a good substitute while they are too small to eat full worms, but be wary of pellets due to high whey and wheat content which they have a hard time digesting
 
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