Axolotl Babies Update

The babies are growing, at one and a half weeks old they are now nearly 2cm long and clearly distinguishable between leucistic and wild types.

They are eating the daphnia more quickly than they can breed so I will start a separate daphnia breeding tank this weekend and transfer them in batches.

Munich

During the weekend before Christmas I visited Munich to see the Christmas markets.

There were some beautiful things at the market, particularly Tollwood which we visited in the evening and which had huge tents with stalls and live music inside.

We ate lost of sausages and waffles and drank lots of gluhwein.

We also got a train out into the countryside to see the castle Neuschwanstein. Its somewhere I've seen pictures of in the past and it was just as magical in person. The inside was very quirky and even had a man made cave! Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take photos inside.

Axolotl Hatchlings

The axolotls hatched at the weekend! Here they are at about 1cm long (5 days old).

At the moment they have no arms or legs and swim around in quick bursts using their tails. They are eating live daphnia which I have been breeding in the tank for a couple of weeks (they can only manage the baby daphnia though, as the adults are larger than their heads!)

You can see in the next picture that the one to the left will be a wild type (brownish green speckly) and the one in the centre will be leucistic (pink)

4 babies in the photo above in total. Did you spot the little fella hiding on the facing surface of the rock? I didn't see him until I uploaded the photo!

You can see the gills quite well in this picture.

Axolotl Eggs at Two Weeks

The babies are growing! I will expect them to hatch any day now. I've got a good stock of daphnia for them to eat so they should be happy.

Knaresborough

At the weekend I visited Knaresborough. It was very pretty, I'd like to go back when its a bit warmer, particularly to see Mother Shipton's Cave which is closed in winter where different object have been turned into stalactites by the dripping water.

Winter

A lovely sunny, frosty morning.

Axolotl Eggs Developing

Darwin and Smaug's eggs are developing into babies! Here they are at just over a week old.

Eggs!

On Friday evening I introduced Darwin and Smaug for the first time. They seemed  very excited to meet each other and when I got home today I found the tank full of eggs!

I have moved one plant (about 30 eggs) to another tank to hopefully rear babies!