| Re: axolotl feeding |
Subject: Re: axolotl feeding by eonchao on 23/2/2008 16:16:04 I've got to Axie's and the aquarium at the University I go to has around 50 all of varying sizes. We feed them on bits of squid. To Prepare gut the squid removing everything apart from the mantle then cut the squid into squares. Obviously not even a fully grown axie will eat an entire squid so we freeze any spare bits we have and just give them around a 1cm square each a day for ones below 10cm and for ones above as big as they can comfortably swallow. Ours always seem healthy enough although their gills don't grow out as much as some due to crowded conditions in the lab (although mine in a tank of two seem to grow them to a proper length fine). I suppliment by dropping some trout pellets in the bottom of the tank which i'm fairly certain the Axies eat (as the two of them don't share a tank with anything). Just wave the piece of squid in front of them and they'll grab it. You can even tug them along and make them fight for it which gives them some exercise. Other than that if you want live food the best sugestion I've heard is to set up a breeding colony of Guppies in a seperate tank and alternate squid with a couple of live Guppies. Just let them go into the tank and the Axie should hunt them down. I say establish your own though as Guppies are easy to breed and it removes the risk of parasites if you've got a properly quarrantined (sp?) population. |