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About LinkBacksIn the spirit of creating new threads, less classifieds, I thought I'd take the time to do a (hopeful) daily breeding journal.
I sold off my breeder collection of axolotl's, but kept my favourite girl Nancy, as well as (I'm kicking myself for naming him) Laverne. I didn't think Laverne was sexually mature at this age, guess I was wrong. I'm guessing that most people wonder why axolotl's are priced so high from small op breeders, it's the insane amount of time it takes to raise them, right from the egg. As well as the fact that they're almost extinct in the wild, CITES listed, making importation almost impossible.
Day 1 - November 26, 2011
Crap, found eggs. Spent 30 minutes fishing them out of the adult tank & setting them up with an airstone in a 2 gallon.
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Oops, they did it!
This is a discussion on Oops, they did it! within the Breeding/Spawning Section forums, part of the Aquarium Related Chat category; In the spirit of creating new threads, less classifieds, I thought I'd take the time to do a (hopeful) daily ...
- 11-26-2011 #1
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Oops, they did it! 22g empty tank + 1 Dumeril's boa's + 1 Brazilian Red Tail Boa+ 1 Ball Python + 3 gecko's + 1 dog + 1 bunny
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- 11-26-2011 #2
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Laverne?? lol Congrats....guess your back in business again soon eh? lol
- 11-26-2011 #3
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congrats? lol
- 11-26-2011 #4
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Talk about unplanned pregnanies eh?
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- 11-27-2011 #5
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November 27, 2011 - Day 2 - There they are, nothing much going on. Embryos start to elongate
Yeahhh, named the pair Laverne & Shirley
Originally Posted by Diztrbd1 
I'm not sure what I'll be doing with this spawn Last edited by Grete_J; 12-13-2011 at 06:56 PM.
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- 11-28-2011 #6
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November 28, 2011 - Day 3 - Still looking like little embryo's. Slowwwly looking more banana-like, but nothing to write home about
Last edited by Grete_J; 12-13-2011 at 06:56 PM.
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- 11-29-2011 #7
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November 29, 2011 - Day 4 - This is when the anticipation starts to build. The embryo's are growing at different rates, a few (early bloomers) taking on more shape while the majority still look like misshapen eggs
Last edited by Grete_J; 12-13-2011 at 06:56 PM.
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- 11-29-2011 #8
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very cool, keep the updates coming!
- 11-29-2011 #9
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I always assumed they were high price because they were mostly imported, now i know better :P
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- 11-30-2011 #10
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November 30, 2011 - Day 5 - Yay the gills are developing with some!
I dunno, a $1500 - $1700 CITES fee just to import seems pretty hefty to me. Figure that the last bunch of leucistics we had was our 4th shot at them. First 3 spawns went bad after 2 months. That was still 2 months of daily 100% water changes (individually, not 1 tank) & daily BBS hatcheries only to lose 3 spawns. Originally Posted by neven Last edited by Grete_J; 12-13-2011 at 06:55 PM.
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