Dixon1990 Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I have tried brine shimp last time the axolotls bred but had no success with hatching the brineshrimp. What else can i feed them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 how big are they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 There is about 20-30 of them and the biggest one is 1cm. THey just hatched last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 found this from a google search Hatchlings take brine shrimp,tubifex worms, water fleas and small insects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 As Tsarmina says water fleas aka Daphnia are excellent. The adults are too big for the axolotl babies to eat (now) but they'll inevitably give birth when they're in the tank, and the babies can eat the newborn daphnia. It's a plus that you don't have to manually feed them all the time too. Of course the adult Daphnia will eventually die from lack of food, but that'll take days or even weeks, and they're a dime a dozen in any case. Green water is good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Would this food do? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pets-animals/Fish/Fish-food/auction-91589340.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Don't really think so - you want the newly born daphnia and I don't know if they'd be caught in their nets when they preserve them. In any case I don't know how you'd seperate them. This is what you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Once they get a little larger chopped bloodworms can be good. Daphnia or brine shrimp are generally used for freshly hatched babies though. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 lol my young guppies always try to steel the adults bloodworms :lol: half the bloodworm sticks out there mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapo Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 you can also use live baby bloodworm and baby mozzie larvae if you can get any. Usually newly hatched larvae for will take a couple of days before they start feeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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