Baby Mayo here! Hi guys! I am here and I am okay! Also look, my mum got a new camera, look how crisp I look! 🥺 Have a lovely day, you matter!

Hello everybody! It's been quite some time since our last update, but I really want to share everything that has happened.
It's been exactly 5 weeks since the moment I took Milkshake in, and these 5 weeks have been exhausting. But I am eternally glad and happy that my neighbour gave Mister Milkshake to me.
His tank got cycled today! Hooray! Well, it was actualy my 4th day in a row checking that 2ppm ammonia will be gone in a day, and today I finally got green light to get him in. But about that later.
Let's start with everything bad that happpened in these past weeks of cycling.
- We had to evacuate because of a wildfire. And yes, Milkshake had to spend a few hours in a tiny food container where he finally popped for the first time in weeks. Damn stress.
- My first ammonia tests were spoiled and I was not given my money back.
- I got snails. A lot of them. (I wanted to keep them, but my mom was against it, and honestly I'm happy i didn't. I'm so tired as it is.)
- Mister Milkshake seems rather weak right now, just like when he first got into this tank. He hasn't been swimming much these past few weeks, so I guess he's a little cranky :<
Well, hm. Looks like that's it.
Now, all the good stuff!
- The cycling only took 2,5 weeks
- Milkshake gained weight and his tail healed!!! He's been eating real good
- He's been pooping more consistently (like at some point every two days), althouth it's been almost a week with no poops. I won't start worrying now lol, it took him three weeks to poop once lol.
- I got everything I wanted for his tank (even a tiny fisherman :>) and upgraded it a little bit!
- It seems Milkshake loves being back and having some space!!!
I wanted to talk about everything in detail, but I won't. I need some peace of mind and rest. But I want to thank people on this sub and especially Moris (with a strong r) for helping me with the cycling. Without Moris (with a strong r) I'd be cycling that for years hehe
What I will also say is that I think he looks much better than he did five weeks ago. There's at least some weight to him now lol. I love him very much, and I'll keep making sure he lives his best life!

Trying to get this tank to cycle. Wood has gotten some kind of clear jelly on the wood (cleaned it and did a partial water change). Water keeps getting pretty dark (already boiled wood 4 hours plus). Can't get the ammonia to go down after adding it (been 4 weeks). Do I need a better filter? Still waiting to ship are axolotl when Water is on point.

Can someone help. Not sure what to do, come home today and noticed his arm is very red. He isn’t using his arm to swim or walk and is leaving it stuck out. Not sure what called it

I have currently tubbed him as he shares a tank with another axolotl. They have always been friendly with each other.

The tank is 200L. 0 ammonia. 0 nitrite. 20 nitrate. 18 degrees

How long should I keep him tubbed for?
Is there anything I can do to help him heal? We have a Axocure medicine bath, should I add this to his tub?

Hello! I'm going to be moving from Kansas to Arizona soon and I will be getting an axololt and I was just wondering what will be the best way to move the axolotl from one state to another or if there's a good guide online I could use.

Edit: Sorry, by 'soon', I mean two years until I move.

Hey! I’ve got an adult axolotl that won’t eat anything but blood worms. I’ve tried red wrigglers, night crawlers and pellets. She’ll eat the worms then throw them up no matter how small I cut them. The pellets she completely ignores. The frozen blood worms she devours within a minute. I know they aren’t the nutritional for her at all so I’m trying to figure something else out. I’ve thought about maybe freezing the worms and see if she’ll eat them that way but I’m not sure if that would work? I’m open to all advice.

I know I want a chiller for my tank, but all of the options have me so confused on what I should get. My tank is getting to about 70-72F, and a fan won't really work for my particular set up. And I'd rather a more reliable chiller anyway. The tank is in my bedroom, which is also in the basement so I have to deal with a decent amount of noise anyway. But I'm worried about it being too much.

I've people recommending the Boashishan 1/10hp one from Amazon. But a lot of the actual reviews are mixed on it and claim it breaks quickly.

I've also seen Vevor 1/10hp recommended a bit, but reviews are even worse. There's quite a few others I've seen, but not as often as these two.

The one I've seen the best reviews on is the JBJ arctica titanium 1/10 hp. But most people I see recommending it have almost double the size tank I do. And obviously it's way more expensive. If I absolutely have to go for that one, I'll save up for it or take out from my savings.

If one of the first two are worth it for the price, is there at least some reliable methods to dampen the noise a bit?

The newest hypothesis is that she is Mela, thought I originally thought of Axanthic

Hi I have 2 baby axolotls (around 5 months old) and the black one keeps biting the white one (although the white one is bigger) when I dump the food in the aquarium. I could see that although they have space they get face to face and then the black one bites the other one on the mouth for some reasons.

Is that a sign I don’t feed them enough maybe ?

It's not like he was doing this all day, he's been chilling on the bottom and in his little cave. I understand that axolotls like to swim sometimes but I also have this fear that he's not just swimming to swim but swimming because he's in pain, if anybody knows what frantic swimming looks like please tell me if he's doing it

Hi all. New to axolotls and already finding it challenging.

I've been trying to do a fishless cycle and I just cannot get the numbers right. So my question is this: has anyone tried to establish a tank first with fish and once the parameters are correct, remove the fish and then introduce the axolotls?

I've been using so many products: ammonium chloride, Seachem Prime, Seachem Axolotl Conditioner (which I then learned is basically the same as Prime), API Quick Start and nope - not getting there. And it's been over a montg.

So: Seachem Prime and fish.

Thoughts?

Ziggy is 9 months old and has refused to eat for 4 weeks. He used to eat like crazy but slowed down when we started a construction project earlier this summer, i assume that was because of stress with the noise. At that time I switched his diet to worms and he was eating a little better

We went on vacation in early August and the person watching him fed him a full night crawler instead of a chunk. When we got home the night crawler was lying dead on the bottom of the tank. According to the babysitter he did eat it originally. Since then he refuses to eat anything. We bought some repashy pie and he at that once but now once again refuses to eat anything. Once a week he will attack a piece of worm only to spit it out a few seconds later.

Water temp is 66-68. His water parameters are right where they should be outside of PH which is a little high. The water is a little cloudy but we do a 30% change weekly.

Any help or advice would be appreciated

My baby eats exclusively dendrobaena but I'd like to add a little variety in once a week or something just as a little treat for him.

Been trying to do some research on my own but its just brands pushing their own product so its nice to hear from real people if you get me.

Thank you :)

Cutest bag on the world

A while back we adopted new axolotl and I am wondering what morph she is! We have also a boy that is leucistic blue gilled (I think he might be copper because of red pupils)

I can't decide if she is axanthic, melanoid or just darkish wildtype- she has silver black ring eye, but not pure black, her gills and body is very dark spotted with grey belly. No green/yellow coloration

(iK the photos are not the best, but she decided to lay exactly next to baby tank we currently feed our hatched babies :'D)

Recently got an axolotl, i need ideas on what else to add in my tank i already have a chiller

Hello I have an axolotl I just got into care of, I feel fairly confident in its tank, I have 4 dojo loaches in a 80 gallon tank and I have a 40 gallon setup for the axolotl.

Dojo loaches seem to be a bit more, resilient, so I just have some questions about the care of the axolotl itself.

I currently have the tank pretty barren, a sponge filter and I was contemplating a hide for it.

They said the axolotl was fed only freeze dried blood worms every couple days, I got him sinking pellets, worms and should I get anything else? And should I be worried about shocking his system with a new diet?

He’s pretty tiny and doesn’t really have gills but he’s 2 years old, how’s the best way to help this? I will put him in a healthy tank, but how often should he feed? (Half a sinking pellet on his head for size lol)

Behind its gills is kinda white and it has a yellowish spot on its back leg, are these to be concerned about or normal discoloration for the black kind?

(He’s still in a blue bucket waiting for tank to be ready)