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    Day 3 of hatching, we now have 147 hatched axolotls. Still a few more left to go
    Day 3 of hatching axolotls - YouTube




    72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
    26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.

    20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.


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    Congratulations!! I will have a few baby axolotls soon myself (Mine all appear to be albino)

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    There are definite wildtypes in there...but a large portion are a faded tan color with clear eyes. Will be interested to see if they are golden albinos or albinos
    72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
    26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.

    20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.


    "If there were an invisible cat in that chair, the chair would look empty. But the chair does look empty; therefore there is an invisible cat in it." C.S. Lewis, Four Loves, 1958

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    There are definite wildtypes in there...but a large portion are a faded tan color with clear eyes. Will be interested to see if they are golden albinos or albinos
    I will be interested to see, as well. All of my (brother's) babies are still in the egg and completely white.

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    You'd be surprised! For example, if the mother was albino/golden albino and the father is a wildtype, all of the eggs will look white but you will get a fair share of wildtype babies once they hatch
    72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
    26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.

    20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.


    "If there were an invisible cat in that chair, the chair would look empty. But the chair does look empty; therefore there is an invisible cat in it." C.S. Lewis, Four Loves, 1958

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenste View Post
    You'd be surprised! For example, if the mother was albino/golden albino and the father is a wildtype, all of the eggs will look white but you will get a fair share of wildtype babies once they hatch
    No kidding?? Now I'm even more excited for them to hatch :P

    What are you going to feed yours? I purchased some starter cultures for live food. I got grindal worms, vinegar eels, and daphnia. I also have some brine shrimp eggs as back up.

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    I have been feeding primarily BBS, and I supplement feedings with a mixture of boiled egg yolk and liquidated bloodworms that I sometimes pour a few drops in while they are feeding on BBS.

    The egg/worm mixture actually helped me with 2 albinos I am also raising when I had a bad batch of BBS eggs. They lived well off of it for nearly 5 days until I could get a decent batch going. The albinos are now forming their front legs and doing well
    72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
    26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.

    20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.


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