Thanks, I just love them 
Later I will see if I can get pics of them eating their favorite food... WORMS 
Kristina
Later I will see if I can get pics of them eating their favorite food... WORMS Kristina
Something a little different - My Axolotl tank
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Yup, I have, been planning to do it for weeks... But when you have as many animals as I do, and as much going on as I do, things like that get put on the back burner
Kristina
Kristina
Yup, I have, been planning to do it for weeks... But when you have as many animals as I do, and as much going on as I do, things like that get put on the back burner
Kristina
Kill two birds with one stone. Rip down that horrid paneling and then use it to make backgrounds for your tanks.
Also, I don't know anything about your specific paneling, but you may want to read up on this:
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/formalde.html
as increased humidity can lead to increased formaldehyde release.
Well, thank you for using my thread about my Axies to completely diss the house that my family worked their A$$es of to purchase two months ago. You will be funding this remodeling then?
Kristina
Kristina
Er. I was pretty sure I was just commenting on the paneling. Anything with the potential to release enough formaldehyde to cause damage to humans isn't something I would want around my pets. It's known that exposing formaldehyde resins (such as those found in wood paneling) to humidity causes increased release. Aquariums cause increased humidity.
If you know the history of the house and know that the paneling is old, you're probably ok, despite older paneling releasing more formaldehyde.
I apologize if I came off as mean, and will cease this derail.
Your axolotls are adorable. I've considered getting one at various points, but i'm not sure i'd be able to keep the temperature low enough all the time, and chillers are expensive.
What sort of worms do you feed? Is it possible to gutload a worm?
Have you had any lose and regrow limbs? Are the external gills easily damaged?
I feed redworms, aka red wigglers, that I compost myself in a Sterilite tub. It is possible to gutload worms, and mine are fed left over produce from my other herps. However, worms are not the only thing I feed. They also eat rosy reds, ghost shrimp, and salmon pellets.
The external gills are fragile, and very sensitive to ammonia burns. I have never had one lose a limb, let alone lose and regrow, but my wild color was missing the end of it's tail when I got it, probably due to over crowding and cannabalization/aggression (I know for a fact that they were overcrowded.) It has since regrown.
As to the cease on the panelling topic, that is just as well because I refuse to discuss it further.
Kristina
The external gills are fragile, and very sensitive to ammonia burns. I have never had one lose a limb, let alone lose and regrow, but my wild color was missing the end of it's tail when I got it, probably due to over crowding and cannabalization/aggression (I know for a fact that they were overcrowded.) It has since regrown.
As to the cease on the panelling topic, that is just as well because I refuse to discuss it further.
Kristina
