All about Axolotls

When you see this creature first time you will see a salamander like organism which have an elephant like ears which are external gills. This organism are inhabitant of Lake Complex of Xochimilco near to Mexico. They are endemic to this region. Distributed all over the world by captive breeding for pet trade purpose

So the question comes is do they will stay with fish and answer is no they are highly carnivore and easily eat on fish. Second reason can’t be kept with fish is they need a temperature of 12 to 18 degree Celsius only.  Most of the tropical fishes can’t deal with this temperature.

Next the setup they want bare bottom tank without and stone or sand because any small decorative particle can get trapped in gills and cause death of them. Setup includes hideout like big rocks, caves or drift wood. To stay away from light they need hideouts.

Food and diet includes frozen or live feed mostly. Frozen bloodworms or shrimps are good to give. Fish or meat pieces are also perfect but will make setup untidy. Live food includes bloodworms, earthworms, shrimp, small live fish, etc. If providing pellets pellet should be soft and sinking.

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Things to remember while petting axolotls

·         They are temperature sensitive need to keep in temperature of 10 to 18°C

·         They are cannibalism. Proper feeding is required.

·         Setup should be bare bottom with hide out

·         Filtration should be slow. Fast Filtration will cause stress.

Some interesting facts of axolotls

·  They can breathe not only through gills but also from skin, mouth and lungs.

·  If they lose any of their organ no worries the organ can be regenerated that’s

the reason they are used as for scientific study.

·         They have big genome their genetic code is 10th times larger than humans.