alanmin4304 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Must admit I have not heard of that. The usual way to morph them is by added iodine or thyroxin in one form or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Must admit I have not heard of that. The usual way to morph them is by added iodine or thyroxin in one form or another. if you want to morph onyou are more than welcome to feed them my mother-in-law, she is on thyroxin :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilenutt Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 And this one ???? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =481860397 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 according to feedback died before it could be sent to us. seller contacted and refunded instantly. would gladly trade with again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 they dont live long after they do anyways. you just get newts, solves your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 they dont live long after they do anyways. that or they got a visit from MAF :tears: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 And this one ???? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =481860397 the buyer has some quality fish for sale to .... :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 The buyer seems to buy just about any cichlid that gets listed locally, we have such a poor range of stock at our LFS so it's the only way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 the buyer has some quality fish for sale to .... :facepalm: I am new into aquarium and fish, can you please explain... ? :dunno: (PM ok) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Hes referring to the hybrids that (The guy who brought the salamander) is selling on trademe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Gotta love sarcasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Gotta love sarcasm. I got that part but what is actually wrong with the fish ? or is it the paua decor ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 hybrids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 hybrids yeah and real dog face ugly ones to. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 They have 2 morphed white axolotls in nelson zoo. I asked a keeper how they changed them he directed me towards another telling me they know but the second keeper claimed they didn't, however, they seemed to know an lot about them. I told them i was just curious as i have kept them for many years but have never seen a metamorphosed individual but they refused to divulge their methods. They are better in the water any way i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 they dont live long after they do anyways. you just get newts, solves your problem. But do we get any newts that are a similar size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 if i can find the PHOTOS lol will scan n post. this was 24 or so years ago in australia.............. the last time i morphed them in nz was about late 90s (didint take photos then)the most important thing when morphing. other than natural thyroxin. is water quality as most people lower the water but forget about the water quality bad bad bad. once morphed the most important thing is habitat! with the right habitat they will live almost as long as un morphed axys. the only reason i say that almost is gravity suxs,so more stress on the body.and wrong habitat. after morphing they lose the ability to re-grow limbs and organs.so if you morph one with toes or limbs missing thats what you left with. in saying that i sold some to jansens back then(90s) and gave them the rundown on habitat n feeding e.c.t and they managed to ignore that info and kill them off within a month.as a result a nz author,when researching her book talked to jansens,then talked to me, and she stated after our meeting that morphing is tooooo specialised for joefishtank and as a result reguritated earlier book info to deter people from morphing. i tend to agree with her.hippocracy!maby. (cant be spelling lol)! so after morphing,specialised environment and care required! :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 wouldn't be surprised, had an excerpt out of an old fish keeping book that said discus are proving too difficult to keep alive in home aquariums so they should ban the export of them. glad they didn't listen then, but then again just think about how many quality fish died due to ignorance.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herperjosh Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 My cousins mates mum loved axolotls and had a pond full of them aparently and some of them metamorphasised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 I think they are cuter as axolotls with their gills... they look like dragons to me JMPO I assumed it would be illegal to have a salamander in NZ as they are from Mexico... strange though, how you can legally keep axolotls though??? Considering there is the possibility they could metamorphasize........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Sorry for bringing back an old thread but i am still slightly confused. Is it illegal or legal to keep metamorphed axys? As morphed ones have the same scientific name as un morphed ones as Varanophile said. Thanks all :bggrn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 legal they are the same species so cant see why they would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Yeah i thought the same but Living art said they were an Unwanted Organism earlier in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 actually i might be wrong after reading up on this old thread viewtopic.php?f=32&t=58938 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 actually i might be wrong after reading up on this old thread viewtopic.php?f=32&t=58938 Yeah thanks for linking that. It still puzzles me as some say its legal and others don't. I would of thought that you would just used the scientific name to see if it is illegal to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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