Breeding axolotls
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Topic author: uberegg
Subject: Breeding axolotls
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Posted on: 01 April 2004 1:53:15 PM
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Looking for any information on breeding the little freaks..is any one doing this? Where do the aquariums get their stock from?
Is there one big breeder in Australia supplying everyone...very interested in this topic can anyone help me?
Reply author: uberegg
Replied on: 01 April 2004 4:46:52 PM
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replying to my own topic(what a loser
) hey Buck and shy check this site out good info www.indiana.edu/~axolotl/ good scientific axo info
Reply author: spawn
Replied on: 30 April 2004 12:42:48 AM
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breeding axy's is easy as long as you have the right water conditions .... eg TEMP, Ph
and most of all axy's dont like light much
look here for helpful infomation....
-= SPAWN =-
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Plenty more fish in the sea
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Reply author: uberegg
Replied on: 30 June 2004 09:47:25 AM
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well the uberegg is back...the good news is that when I came home from work last night I has a tank full of axy eggsalthough one of the larger feeder fish had made a meal out of most of them i managed to revover about 120 eggs....so in two weeks or so I should have to many axys and will need homes for them..
Reply author: Robbie
Replied on: 30 June 2004 7:08:02 PM
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Breeding them would be cool and all but if there is like 120 of the little dudes that's gonna be so many I wouldn't know what to do with them. I think I'd put them in the local pond and see if we can get an axolotl growth going. I don't have even 1 yet but am close to it, but my tank would fit a max of 2, 1 comfortably though not 122.
Robbie
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Reply author: uberegg
Replied on: 01 July 2004 12:18:21 PM
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NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!
NEVER release axolotls into lakes,ponds rivers etc they become an exotic pest not unlike a cane toad or carp or fox etc...not only this they can spread disease to native frogs, eat local tadpoles + fish etc the can f#%k local eco systems. Also it is not leagle, there are heavy fines for doing this. Sorry to be so agro Robbie but this should never be done.I would rather give them to homes or aquariums rather than release them...or as a very last resort kill them
Reply author: spawn
Replied on: 01 July 2004 9:15:06 PM
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NO Robbie NO NEVER EVER even joke about this ......
it ppl who do this type of thing that led to the carp problem we have today
that is not even funny man if anyone is ever faced with this problem all
you need to do is Sell them off to pet shops or give them away to someone who can look after that kind of quantity of axolotls......
it can even lead to it becomming illegal to keep them all togeter !!!
wich is what has happened to the so called little harmless Mosquito fish its now a huge pest in farmers dams and water ways now it is illegal to even keep them as pets in most states i know it is here in victoria.....
just my thoughts .......
mosquito fish
General Problem Fish
-= SPAWN =-
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Plenty more fish in the sea
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Reply author: Robbie
Replied on: 01 July 2004 10:18:18 PM
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Wow... I wasn't joking. Didn't think it would be a problem, of course I wouldn't of done it without asking here so at least I know now guys, thanks.
Robbie
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Reply author: uberegg
Replied on: 02 July 2004 11:22:19 AM
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Spawn I cant stop looking at the photo of your 7ft tank its axy heaven. With your larger tanks outside are they exposed to the weather? please post some more photos of your set up.
all of my axy eggs are black is this right?..the mother is black the father is white/pinkish(not albino) Should I be expecting all the offspring to be black?If your breeding so many axys whats the most unique colour you have bred or come accross?...and a photo would be good
**Uberegg**
THANXALOTL
Reply author: spawn
Replied on: 03 July 2004 12:31:35 AM
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the one color i like is GREEN its like a cross between yellow and jade green
quite a nice colour in axy's
like this one that Shy has (Shy's Picture)
the 1 colour i'm after is BLUE i have only ever seen 1 picture of a blue one and that was a loooong time ago in a book
as for black eggs most of mine are white this time but i also have alot of black eggs
this is normal, see if they look like these ones:
and only the large outside tanks are in the weater (but with a shade system over them and a rain cover)
the other tanks are in a fish house and i'm seeting up 2 new tanks tonight on some racking on my back porch.....
i will post pics soon as my camera died (i droped it in one of my tanks)
-= SPAWN =-
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Plenty more fish in the sea
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Reply author: uberegg
Replied on: 05 July 2004 12:43:12 PM
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thanx for the info Spawn...yes I too have seen a picture of a blue one many years ago in the weekend supplement in "The Age" probably in the very early 90's. It was for sale in a pet shop in south yarra somewhere.I wonder if it was painted or injected with a blue dye like some of those dodgy fish you see in aquariums sometimes?
If not how does the blue occur? from a yellow + green parents?
**Uberegg**
THANXALOTL
Reply author: uberegg
Replied on: 15 July 2004 2:47:58 PM
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back again - - well my eggs started hatching last nightwhat should l feed them? can they eat brine shrip + bloodworm (lm not sure their little mouths could get them in) how many should l keep together? whats the meaning of life?why did they all turn out dark colour? any answers would be helpful
**Uberegg**
THANXALOTL
Reply author: spawn
Replied on: 15 July 2004 10:30:07 PM
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THINK small For a real good start to raising the young read here "and read the next section aswell"
http://axolotl.caudata.org/rearing_1.htm
Parents should be removed form the tank after spawning and young raised on live food. Newly hatched brine shrimp or sifted water fleas (Daphnia) are quite suitable at first. Later on they will take live aquatic ?black? worms (tubifex).
Newly hatched brine shrimp
http://petfish.net/brine.htm
Microworm
http://www.aquaticlifeaquariums.com.au/en-gb/dept_415.html
Daphnia
http://www.caudata.org/daphnia/
-= SPAWN =-
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Plenty more fish in the sea
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Reply author: luv_ville
Replied on: 14 June 2007 5:32:58 PM
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Hey,
I've been thinking about breeding mine myself. I think I'm going to have it for about a year first so that it gets used to being here and then maybe get a male later on in the year.
I heard its easy to breed them if you have the right water temp and PH level, as well as feeding them the right food.
The tricky bit is getting the Axolotl's to be nice to each other. Normally they will attack and bite each others limb's off. I guess you just have to let them get to know each other for awhile or something.
They also have up to 800 eggs, so I guess you should prepare a bigger enough space for all of them. Also the female will lay her eggs in between weeds and stuff, so make shure that there is plenty.
Well good luck breeding.
Steph
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