![]() ![]() With microworms, you don’t need to worry about size, although these too are messy, so be careful to clean your tank. Microworms are another good option for baby axolotls and you can easily create your own live cultures at home. The downside of blackworms is that they’re very messy, so clean up any leftovers quickly and make sure you do water changes often to avoid water chemistry disbalances. Chopped Blackwormsīlackworms or white worms are most suitable for adult axolotls, although if you chop them up, you can feed them to juvenile axolotls too as they’ll still move a little even after being chopped up. The only downside of brine shrimp is that they’re a little messy, so you must be on top of your water changes and tank cleaning game. They’re highly nutritious and easier to culture than daphnia.īrine shrimp is also a staple food for adult axolotls. Baby Brine Shrimpīaby brine shrimp is another live food that you can culture at home and feed to baby axolotls. You can set up your own cultures at home with the help of starter cultures and a special kit that you can order off Amazon. Even adult axolotls love them, but they’re not as nutritious for them. They’re a cheap food source, nutritious, and suitable for baby axolotls. However, you might want to create your own live culture or source live daphnia from fish-free cultures, because they can carry parasites and diseases that can be passed onto your axolotls. Great for baby and juvenile axolotls alike, live daphnia is widely available in aquarium shops. Let’s see what foods you should choose to feed to your axolotls: Live Daphnia ![]() Therefore, live cultured foods like daphnia, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp, microworms, chopped blackworms are all good options. On the other hand, baby axolotls are great at spotting movement and thus, they can identify live food that wiggles.īesides feeding them live food, you’ll also need to feed them small food, that is, food that can fit into their mouths. The reason behind this is that unlike adult axolotls that have a strong sense of smell, baby axolotls have their sense of smell developed just yet. While adult axolotls can be fed with both living and nonliving foods, baby axolotls should be exclusively fed with live food. While in this stage, they’re also motionless.Īfter the 24-72 hours period, baby axolotls are ready to eat and will quickly snap down on food you’re offering. In their larval stage, they still have some egg yolk that will provide them with sustenance for around 24-72 hours. Their size is at around 10-13 mm (roughly 0.5 inch). Newly hatched axolotls are too small to take on any food and won’t take on any food immediately after they hatch. What Do Baby Axolotls Eat?īefore I get into the details on how and what to feed baby axies, I must mention that axolotls are carnivores and should be raised on a meat-based diet. In this article I’m going to discuss the things you need to know about the feeding requirements of juvenile axolotls, the best foods for baby axolotls, how to feed baby axolotls, and how often should you feed baby axolotls. This guide to feeding axolotls will cover the basics and you’ll see that however small they may be, there are plenty of food options to match their mouths. ![]() If you’re overwhelmed by the small size of these aquatic salamanders, don’t be. If you’re considering breeding and raising baby axolotls, it’s time to brush up on your axolotl nutrition knowledge, especially when it comes to feeding baby axolotls, whose dietary requirements are a bit different from their parents. For starters, they’re very small, so food that works for adult axolotls will not be a good choice for baby axolotls. Baby axolotls have different feeding requirements compared to adult axolotls. ![]()
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