Care Guide — mexicanum

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 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...

Based on my experience Here I'm just going to talk about the materials you need to start your axolotl tank. Keep in mind that you have to set up your axolotl tank at least 3 weeks before getting him/her as the cycling takes 3 to 8 weeks and your baby can't be in it when it cycles. See how to cycle a tank here.     Tank Size We personally have a 190L (50 Gallon) with the following dimension W120 x L45 x H35cm / W47,2 x L17,7 x H13,7 inches. I do not recommend having a small tank to...