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Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum – Part 2

findiviglio — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:24:14 +0000

Check out: Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum - Part 1, for the first part of this article. Feeding Repto-min, trout chow or salmon chow serves well as a mainstay; alternate this with Hikari Massivore Delight or a pelleted cichlid food, freeze dried prawn, live blackworms, earthworms, minnows, shiners and guppies. Axolotls will also take [...]

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Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum – Part 2

Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum – Part 1

findiviglio — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:05:49 +0000

Hello, Frank Indiviglio here. Please see Natural History of the Axolotl for information on axolotls in their natural habitat. I highly recommend the Mexican axolotl as an aquarium animal for both beginning and advanced hobbyists, and include them whenever possible in the zoo exhibits that I design. Assuming that attention is paid to temperature and water quality (please [...]

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Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum – Part 1

The Natural History and Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum: Natural History – Part 2

findiviglio — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:40:42 +0000

Click here: The Natural History and Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum: Natural History - Part 1, to read the first part of this article. Diet Mexican axolotls feed upon shrimp, aquatic worms, copepods, insects and other invertebrates and small fish. Adults are major predators upon small axolotls and axolotl eggs. The larvae are largely [...]

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The Natural History and Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum: Natural History – Part 2

The Natural History and Captive Care of the Mexican Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum: Natural History – Part 1

findiviglio — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:26:36 +0000

Hello, Frank Indiviglio here. Relatively scarce in the pet trade when I first began in the field (admittedly quite awhile ago!), interest in the Mexican axolotl has exploded in recent years, and today it is arguably the most commonly-kept salamander in the USA. Its popularity has soared in other countries as well, and oddly enough, it [...]

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