Care Guide
Is my axolotl Happy? How can I know he/she is stressed?
Posted by Moony 🌸 on
We all want our axolotls to be happy ~ (◕▿◕✿) but there is always gonna be some times where he/she is not gonna be. It is important to observe your axolotl because he won't tell you he's not happy. So how can you know something is wrong. Look for his tail, you wanna spot if it's curled it means he/she is stressed. You can also tell with their gills, if they are curled forward it means they are stressed. If he/she doesn't have any of that then it means they're happy\(^0^)ノ **✿❀ Moony ❀✿**
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How do I do a Tea Bath
Posted by Moony 🌸 on
When your axolotl have fungus or any injury regarding his skin, you want to do a tea bath. See it as a spa treatment for your axolotl (♥‿♥✿) First of all tub your axolotl, preferably in a big tub. Take 100% black tea bag, no flavor. If you're not sure, just look at the ingredients at the back of your package, it should say "100% black tea". You want to brew 1 mug (for 10 to 15 minutes) for every 10L (2.6Gallon) of cool dechlorinated water in your tub, then take out the tea bag and let it cool down,...
My axolotl have fungus, What should I do?
Posted by Moony 🌸 on
Fungus can appear on axolotls for various reasons like stress or warm temperature, so it can happen anytime. Most common place for fungus to appear are your axolotl's gills, you'll spot a fluffy white ball. If you see that, you want to tub your axolotl in cool dechlorinated water preferably with an Indian Almond Leaf. The tannin of the IAL will help your axolotl. (You can also use IAL for an injury, if your axie slime coat is peeling off, anything to improve his skin.) You can try to gently remove the white fluffy fungus with a cotton bud. It won't work...
What do they eat
Posted by Moony 🌸 on
Axolotls are carnivore, which means they only eat meat. For Babies you want to start with baby brine shrimp, daphnea then blood worms as much as they want to eat. When they are around 2 months you want to begin to give them dendrobaena worms or night crawlers twice a day, they will be way too long for them so chop them as small as the distance between your axolotl's eyes. In Gary's case when he was a juvie, his main diet was Dendrobaena worms once a day, you can also give earth worms, night crawlers, black worms, there's a...
Cycling, why and how?
Posted by Moony 🌸 on
Cycling is essential for your axolotl. Cycling your tank means that beneficial bacteria will develop in your tank to take down ammonia. Ammonia is produced by your axolotl living in there and his waste or uneaten food. It can harm your axolotl and cause ammonia burn. With a cycled tank your ammonia will be taken down by the beneficial bacteria and transform them into nitrite (which is still toxic) and the cycling continue and the nitrite will be transformed into nitrate, which is beneficial to live plants and harmless for your axolotl until 40ppm and that's why you do...
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