My Axolotl set up

[Jenste]

Well, I had each one of my axolotls in a 10 gallon tank, newly redecorated with lovely black sand and silk plants - My female wildtype and my brand new golden albino male looked great in them....until I realized my new golden albino was a sand eater.
sand eating axolotl - YouTube

So...he had to be put in the refrigerator for few days while he spit up the sand. In the mean time I have a tank that he can't be in any more. And getting sand out of a tank is a pain!

So, I choose my timing carefully. One afternoon my husband was relaxing and watching one of his goofy shows, I ask about the 36 gallon bow front just gathering dust in the garage. I opted into trading the two 10 gallons in our bedroom, for one 36 gallon that the axies could live in together. And guess what? He agreed!

So, last night I set up the bow front. Obviously, bare-bottomed! Some taller silk plants for different levels...they seem to enjoy it.

Here is a video of Reese (my wildtype female) and Butters (my golden albino male) being introduced. Seems to have gone well! Reese hammed it up a bit - since I first got her in early April of this year, she has always been a performer! She loves chasing my finger up and down the glass and is always very inquisitive. If she sees movement by the tank she comes right up and tries to figure it out.
Axolotl tank - YouTube