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SO I HERD YOU LIKE AXOLOTLS? Anonymous
I want to buy an axolotl. Do you guys have any tips?
>> Anonymous
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Make sure you cycle the tank for a couple of weeks before you put the axolotl in it. Also, they really like colder water, so heaters are unnecessary. Axolotls (especially the juveniles) can be a little aggressive with each other, so if you get more than one, you're going to need a very large tank. Oh, and make sure you either use really big rocks that they can't get in their mouth or aquarium sand; they can swallow medium-sized gravel and it can kill them.

www.axolotl.org and the forums at www.caudata.org are also really good resources.

So what kind are you gonna get? Mine is a leucistic, like your pic. :)
>> Anonymous
wtf are these things? people keep them as pets? are they as intelligent as they look or do they just normal...amphibian/fish things.
>> Anonymous
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>>69574

They are aquatic salamanders. They are neotenic, which means they always live in water and never metamorphose into a form that lives on land. They are used for research since they can regrow limbs.

I got mine from a biology lab after they were done with her. She's pretty fun, and if nothing else, she's a conversation starter. For the most part they just chill out in their tank, but they do kooky things sometimes.

Mine will walk around her tank as you move around the room, sort of following you. Sometimes they spazz out or get stuck in funny poses.
>> Anonymous
Thanks for the link.

I want a black one(melanoid?), but stores around here seem to have only white-pinkish ones(leucistic?).

Also, just wondering, what do you feed your axolotl? I was planning to use earthworms, and the site seems to recommends them too, but I still want to make sure it is the right food.
>> Anonymous
>>69585

I feed mine nightcrawlers. Around here, they come in a little blue tub, and you can get them from Wal-mart. I cut them in half, since they're very large and she can't manage a whole one.

I used to feed her smaller worms that come in a white and red tub. Those were smaller and she could eat a whole one, but they gave her gas, so I had to switch.
>> Anonymous
Don't evolve it.
>> Anonymous
This thread has intrigued me. Now i really want one of these little buggers as a pet. Ill name him Wooper. Anyway since i have no real experience with pets that have tanks and such (even though i have a betta fish thats lived for 4 or 5 years now and it dosnt have a filter) what is cycling?
>> Anonymous
get a blue one
>> Anonymous
This thread made me what to buy an Axolotls. What is cycling though because i have no experience with pets and tanks except for my beta fish that is 4 or 5 years old now. But even i dont use a tank with him just one of those little hermit crab plastic things that has a top that can be opened. And do you think they would sell them at petco or an aquarium?
>> Anonymous
oo sorry for posting twice my computer is shit and it lags alot
>> Anonymous
>>69742
>>69745

good luck w/your dead pet
>> Anonymous
>>69745
>>69742

Cycling your tank makes sure that the natural bacteria can get established in the filter to convert your animal's waste into something that is not harmful. This website tells you how to do it:
http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/begin-cycling.html

>>69657
It's not evolving them, it's forcing them to metamorphose. And no matter what it's called, it's very bad for them. Metamorphosed axolotls rarely live more than a few weeks/months after metmorphosis. They just can't handle the stress. If you really want a metamorphosed one, just get a tiger salamander - they are very similar to axolotls, but metamorphose naturally.

I have heard of axolotls for sale of pet stores, but I have never seen it. Your best bet is to find a breeder. I think there is a section on the www.caudata.org forums for axolotls and a subsection for axolotls for sale. Check it out.
>> Anonymous
>>69567
ADVICE? ON MY /b/?!?!?!?!?
>> Anonymous
>>69757
This is /an/.
>> Anonymous
>>69762
THIS IS /AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN/
>> Anonymous
one question... can you pet them?
>> FatOldBenzGuy
>>69775
you can touch them.
I wouldn't call it petting, since they are as smart as bread.
>> Anonymous
>>69772
>>69762here. I was just about to respond to myself saying that this is sparta, but this works, too.
>> Anonymous
>>69782

lmao
>> Anonymous
I've known some pretty intelligent loafs in my time.
>> Anonymous
I was under the impression that you aren't supposed to handle them.
>> Anonymous
ok thanks for the info
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>> MooMan1
They actually were the basis for Wooper, but they probably got Mudkips from it too.
>> Anonymous
>>69745

>But even i dont use a tank with him just one of those little hermit crab plastic things that has a top that can be opened.

That is such a small tank for a betta it's cruel. Take care of the animals you have before you even consider getting another one, asshole.
>> Anonymous
>>70444
True.
>> Anonymous
>>70444
dumbass thinks hes knows how pokemans are made
>> Anonymous
Anybody know of anywhere in England to buy them?
>> mepwnu
how expensive are these critters to buy and take care of? what exactly do they need to start with and then on a daily/weekly basis?
>> Elf
Be careful putting other salamanders in with the Axolotl as well. Some salamanders and newts have toxins in their skin that are harmful to Axolotls. Axolotls are rather fragile around other ampibians for this reason. (My father had a tank with nothing with Salamanders and an Axolotl in it. The Axoy as he called it died after we got a rare newt in the tank that ended up killing all the other salamanders save for the harder Tiger Salamanders.)

They're neat and fun to watch though. They don't do much, but they are hella fun to watch. Also, they're facinating in the fact that they don't evolve and can breed in that state.

Just don't get any other salamanders or newts with them to be on the safe side. Really. It ends badly.