AXOLOTLS! (All Beginner Questions Answered!) Tank setup, Feeding, Tankmates and more.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
- This video will give you all the knowledge you need to succeed with the amazing amphibian, the Axolotl. We cover in this video: what is an axolotl? How to setup an axolotl aquarium; What to feed your axolotl; What tank mates can be kept with axolotls? Breeding axolotls and more.
Video chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - What are Axolotls?
01:14 - Where do Axolotls come from?
03:10 - How to setup an Axolotl tank?
05:25 - Keeping Axolotls cold.
08:50 - Axolotl water quality and chemistry.
11:07 - How big do Axolotls get?
12:44 - How many axolotls can I keep together and what can I keep with them?
15:13 - What to feed Axolotls?
16:28 - How to tell the sex of an Axolotl and breeding Axolotls.
18:47 - Outro
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I really don't plan to have Axolotls in my aquariums but a Matt's video is a Matt's video and i gotta watch it, no matter what he talks about
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I agree... Really nice to watch whatever the subject...
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Can everyone make sure they like Matts videos.Such great, varied and informative content and the growth of his channel will benefit us all. Cheers.
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I think you should become public speaker or colledge profesor cause i really enjoy listening to you and asume I am not the only one. Great job Matt! Cant wait for next one!
Hahaha it's easy talking to a camera not sure about standing in front of people.
Nice to see someone who knows what he is talking about, cheers Matt and thanks for your passion
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Matt is awesome and knowledgable, easy to understand and very clear in his chat.
Love the idea of a live interaction with viewers on tank advice and comments. It's brilliant. Love the content and the Channel, keep it up.
Glad you enjoy it! We should be able to get it launched over the next week or two.
Ahhh of course you have an epic board game collection!
Me and Katie's small collection hahaha
Hero quest! I remember playing that 35+ years ago!!
You did a great pronunciation!! 🇲🇽
Thanks you, glad I got it vaguely right hahaha.
My boy has one at 26cm around 1.5 years old. It was a great learning experience for him. He researched and created his own worm farm and even made a home made filter for it (we also ran an external so really just a project. I kept them myself around 30 years ago and I feel the onesie see on forums look slightly different than they did. I thought perhaps they’d been mixed with another species. Perhaps it’s just generations of being selectively bred for larger floofs etc. I don’t find them hard to keep and the water quality is easy to maintain as it’s a single one. I wouldn’t keep more as it complicates holidays etc. great video mate.
Really great video and brilliant information, I’ve had my two girls since they were tiny and 10 years later I do have two very big chunky girls. I adore them and have been lucky that they’ve generally got on together really well but you can see they exist together rather than enjoy cohabitating
Axolotls are some of the most adorable water creatures out there. If there wouldn't be so much hassle with them, I'd want some. But I can barely figure out how to keep my own heat adjusted, it would be a dísaster getting some of these. Maybe some day :D You made a video that was convincing enough for me to actually want.. I'd just be scared of actually killing them :o Good and informative video as always Matt. And I agree with others in the comments, you aught to be a professor!
Also, couple of things I’ll add which being midway through and on water quality. They need ideally a pH of 7.4-7.6 with GH of 7-14 and a KH of 3-8 (drops). I know you’re sponsored by NT labs but there is also Seachem Replenish to raise GH and Seachem Alkaline Buffer and Acid Buffer to raise and lower KH. I used Axosafe at the start but found Seachem Prime is much more cost effective since it requires a much smaller dose.
In terms of food they should really be fed Dendrobaena worms (earthworms) as staple food with things like river shrimp and wax worms as treats. Pellets are okay but don’t offer the most nutritional meal for the lotls. Mine have dendrobaena worms as staple food and river shrimp as a treat. Clean water is 100% needed as ammonia and nitrite is toxic to them just like aloe Vera. Nitrates should be kept below 20 as anything higher can cause fungus.
I got a dozen baby axolotls years ago when I knew absolutely nothing about them. When I found out they liked cool water I worried a bit but they survived years in 28 degrees Celsius water in Australian summers. Probably not ideal but they didn’t seem to mind.
I've always wanted them! They're so cool and look like little aliens! ❤❤❤
Awesome, I could never keep those too complex for me. But they look so cute. They look like little dragons.
Thank you! 😊 Two of them are called Toothless and Meatlug if you get the reference.
Thanks for the guide. One of the few times ive seen a successful fish and axolotl tank is when the fish and tank were cycled for a few months before adding in the axolotls. It was mostly fast schooling nano fish. 10 cardinals, 15 rasboras, stuff like that, i dont know its exactly stocking but apparently they coexisted for years.
Oh that's interesting. I'm sure it can be done but so many people do it in too small a tank with too small fish.
Thank you Matt for being so generous with your knowledge!
I really wanted an axolotl but keeping them cool enough during an Australian summer seemed to be a bit bigger of a challenge than I wanted to take on.
Hugely informative, I have an axolotl here in Australia and the amount of people that think they’re fine without a chiller is mind blowing! I’ll be sharing this with everyone I know that has one!
It's hard enough in the UK in summer let alone in Australia!
I don't have a chiller but it's a lot of work freezing tank water, or putting in frozen bottles and having fans on...
I have a WiFi thermometer on the tank at all times to monitor it which helps...
@@yorkshiremanjim Yep and I am in Western Australia which saw 45 degree days this summer. The people I speak to think it is ok but that don't do any research on the animals they keep. Alot of them do the water bottle method but they are lucky to have their tanks under 20 degrees.
@@ChaceYO yeah that is way too hot.. I struggled here. There was a couple of times it went over 20 by a little bit, when I couldn't get home for a day. 21 seemed to be ok for short time but I didn't like it. Some say 22 is top but I draw the line at 20. I just can't afford a chiller or I would.
That wonderful word that describes the Axolotls permanent state of being a guvenile?....Neoteny.
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Glad you enjoyed it
Watching this as a proud Axo dad myself. Mine have slate tiles and fake plants, couple of hides. Just very simple maintenance.
Makes life and cleaning much simpler!
Saw your "Heroquest" box on your game shelf! Nice!
Thank you, I don't get much time to play but played it so much as a kid.
i collected some aquatic plants from a swap a week later there were 3 axolotls hatchlings in my tank def the coolest thing that has happened to me since getting into aquariums
Great information and video explaining the care etc
Thank you!
Love your videos, Matt! Always wanted to know more about these beautiful creatures and will now seriously consider raising one. Thanks for answering all the questions I had in one succinct video. Well done as always! So glad to see your channel growing btw!
Thank you so much! I'm glad I got every question answered! 💜
On point with the Chalco and Xochimilco pronunciations Matt :) thanks for your wisdom!
My pleasure!
Would love them. So nervous about making that step. This helped a bit
They're not as bad as it seems. It's just making sure you get a few things correct and you'll be fine.
Very informative. Thank you. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant I already refer customers to check out your video previously this to this now a full guide available 👏👏👏👏
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for sending people my way!
Hi mate, great content really enjoyed it. By the way the pronunciation of that lake is HO-SHI-MIL-KO seems odd an Aussie teaching a Pom pronunciation but I guess we school you in cricket every few years 😜😂😂
I’m a fish/plant guy but really enjoyed this.
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Thanks for the info!
Really interesting Matt. . I kept Axolotl for a number of years. Not anymore unfortunately. I loved them ❤
They are great fun to watch!
I love axolotls, but absolutely won't be getting any until I can have a set up with a chiller! Not the smartest things, but if you've got a few you can see personalities coming through.
Solid info! We have an axolotyl and getting GOOD info is hard to find. I think you nailed it with the primary topics. Only thing I think I would add is that axolotyls do not like water flow. It makes filtration into a game of how do I keep the water safe, but how do I keep the flow from creating alot of movement in the water column. Things like spray bars work great, I made a DIY spray bar with pvc pipe and fittings, I keep it aimed pretty close to straight up so it doesn't create an excessive water movement. I am in Australia so I run a chiller with a pump rated at 800 l/h.
Great info Matt and it's been a fun trip watching you and your channel grow! Always looking forward to you conent!
Hi! Huge fan of yours here. I love your content, thank you very much.
I’m from México by the way, and let me tell you: congratulations on your pronunciation of Xochimilco .
Great vid Matt, but I had to stop the video as I spotted the HeroQuest on the side there. Crumbs, that brings back some memories of when it first launched.
Hey Matt! Still waiting for the UK market lighting video 😅😉 can't wait for the fish room videos too, hope it's going well mate!
Hahaha I need to get hold of a couple more lights then it's game on.
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Bandu should be higher in your stack of games! Its amazingly fun. My son calls it Crazy People's Jenga😂
Really interesting!
A note about pronunciation I thought you might be interested in. X in mexican Spanish is an 'h' sound. So Oaxaca is pronounced "wahaca". Xochimilco is probably "ho-chimilco" and Axolotl is actually supposed to be pronounced "ash-o-lot"!
that was awesome and really in detail...loved it!!
Glad you liked it!
You pronounced Xochimilco perfectly!!
Great video! I love my axolotl ❤❤
That was a very interesting video Matt, thanks for that!!!
Nicely done!
Thanks for watching!
Keep up with the great videos. Very enjoyable!
Axolotls are such interesting creatures. Learned so much. Thanks again Matt!
Good information. (Gina)
Thank you!
Hi Matt, if possible please could you do a video on changing substrate in a established tank with fish in? I’m wanting to change the gravel in my fluval shaker to sand but want to know the best way to do so? Thanks
glad to have a matt made guide as im planning out an axolotl tank for my wife
You pronounced it correctly 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
They are that cute, it was nearly an overload at 6am. I really appreciate your channel, its so full of great ideas and interesting information. I am about to set up my old aquarium and I am really excited about having it planted. Thanks
I've had an axolot morph into land from. They don't look any different but their set up changes completely
Thank you so much for this video. I've been curious about them ever since you showed the first video about them. Im thinking about getting one for my grandson. He will love it.
Very interesting animal. Fascinating origin story of the domesticated strain in the hobby.
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Saw you do the set up with your wife. They look amazing!
Awesome video Matt keep up the great work greatings from mexico city you pronounced xochimilco excellent
Great video and fantastic information as always
Sir I’m waiting to see the apistogramma cacatuoides fish file
Keep up the amazing work and wishing you all the success and happiness
19:20 Yes! 🙌
Hey Matt! Love all your stuff! I have two axolotls. Love them so much. Can you give me a list of all the plants that are In this tank? I am wanting to add some to their tank!
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Hi Matt, great video as always. I’m in need of some advice if possible please! I have a 4 foot tank with a musk turtle and a fair few small fish such as danios, neons etc. I currently run a 600IF internal filter and wondered whether you think this is the right filter to be using? Cheers!
I can not legaly own a axolotl but I must watch new Matt video
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What are their names?
Hahahaha Meatlug, Toothless, Aristotle and Socrates. Named at different times by different people
Matt what do you recommend for cyanobacteria? I seem to have that blue/green algae on a few leaves.
Can you stock the tank with feeder fish to give it some top/middle ground movement and for a source of live food? Would it be a healthy choice for a live food source like with turtles?
It would still be a risk as the feeder fish could end up damaging the Axolotls unfortunately.
My axolotl is 14 jears old now i have it for a long time now. But i am tinking to change the set up to make it more fun. Its a little simpel now
What plants are the best to put in the aquarium?
Do you think it would be OK to keep cherry shrimp with them? And would cherry shrimp be an ok live food for them?
I have a small wormery in my bathroom in an 11 litres tub.. endless supply of worms that my axie loves, but it's not for everyone..
What about sucker fish to clean the tank
What if you have them that hormone what would they turn into 👀
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If the temps in my house were above 80F I would be looking for a used window A/C for $75 or so. Even if I had to pay $150 for a new one. I'm guessing appliance prices are a lot higher on the other side of the pond? A lot of apartments in the US have A/C, but many rental houses do not. (s) Who would think the public housing crisis would affect pet ownership! /s
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Axolotls are so cool, but there's no way I could guarantee keeping their water temp low enough where I live and in my house. Also, who else thinks of gholas when they see the words "axolotl tank"? lol (I know, it's spelled Axlotl in the books)
Yeah that is an issue I suffered with for a while too.
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How long do the Axolotls live?
Okay, now that I've seen it, I HAVE to ask.. What's with you're son's pinky? Was he born that way or was it an accident? Hey Matt, how do you lower the hardness in your water? We're on well water in an agricultural area and it's so insanely hard it's actually off the scale of the tester strips. I'm sure it's not helping my tetras any.
Don’t mean to be the “ummm actually” kid, but the lakes they originated from are those you mentioned. There were more lakes they lived in and those two are the only that remain. They evolved from tiger salamanders, they evolved to not go live in land because they were surrounded by a desert and could not survive out there, and there were no major predators in the lake unlike outside the lake. It was an axolotl paradise.
How do they survive in the wild if they try and eat stones, etc? Are wild ones more intelligent? 🧐
No they are extinct
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Well i now know i wont ever be owning these.
They aren't unfortunately for everyone.