I finally got 40 gallon tanks for Atlas and Gummy, to replace the 20 gallon ones they’d been living in. They’re very happy with the change and have a lot more room to swim around in, and for decorations and hides.
Author: Zach
Feeding Time
I’ve collected a few videos of Atlas eating. This video was when she was very young and was still eating blood worms (midge fly larvae). Axolotls should be fed blood worms when they’re young, and should be transitioned to more-nutritious earthworms as they get older. The blood worms come frozen and get everywhere as they… Continue reading Feeding Time
Yawning
On rare occasions, you can catch axolotls yawning. I wish I had a better video without so much glare, but these moments are hard to come by. Atlas is in the video here. I’ve seen her yawn a few times, but I have yet to catch Gummy in the act.
Bringing Gummy Home
When I brought Gummy home, he was a lot shyer than his sister Atlas was. After I floated him in a plastic container to help acclimate him to the temperature of the tank, I let him free to swim about the aquarium, and he immediately swam off to hide in a flower pot. After some… Continue reading Bringing Gummy Home
I brought Atlas home from Repticon in early February 2018. She was relatively calm in her clear plastic container during the ride back. After she had spent some time floating in her container so that she could acclimate to the water’s temperature, I released her into her aquarium, a 20 gallon long-sized tank that I had set up the day before. After a couple of hours of being shy and hiding, she began to explore, quickly discovering more places to hide, decorations to climb, and a glass jar used for feeding time.
When they’re young, it’s suggested that axolotls eat blood worms (midge fly larvae). These tend to make a mess and spread about the tank, so the technique I used was to place them all in the jar and let her eat. When she finished, taking out the jar containing all the remnants made for easy clean up.
