Axolotls

[Sea-agg09]

I would say no to catfish. Axo's will eat anything that fits in their mouths. They would probably try to eat cories, and with the whole spiny fins, might end up killing both.

[Nickintex]

Fish Gallery has them right now, according to Facebook. Not sure of the price. Can one be safely kept in a planted tank with cories and larger African Butterfly Catfish?

[fishboyt]

Where can you get these?

[peterp63]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

THAI, HEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nickintex]

newb...... :)

Look into my eye...

[peterp63]

Hmmm..... yep. They were definitely Axolotl (aka waterdogs).

Here ya go: http://www.axolotl.org/

newb...... :)

[Nickintex]

Axolotl:


Larval Tiger Salamander:


Gulf Coast Water Dog:


Mudpuppy:


Siren:


Do you see a similarity here?

[peterp63]

OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... WAIT. Maybe........ THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I BOUGHT FROM THE BAIT SHOP!!!!!!!!!!! No pre-salamander BS... oh, and.........

"while the most commonly accepted translation is "water-dog" (from "atl" for water, and "xolotl", which can also mean dog)."

EAT IT, nick!

[Nickintex]

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[FrontosaurusRex]

Either way, this is the creepiest thing I've seen for an aquarium since I first saw an Arowana. Does anyone on here keep these things???

[Nickintex]

True axolotls retain their gills and tail fin as adults, unless their environment starts to dry up.
The critters you see at the bait stores, are larval Tiger Salamanders, which look very similar. These used to be sold in the LFS as "water dogs". These will lose their gills and tail fin and metamorphose into terrestrial salamanders.
Mudskippers are a completely different animal, an amphibious goby.

[peterp63]

Nope. I'm talking about the axolotl. I remember buying a few of these and keeping them for pets for a while. They were huge... at least 7-8 inches long. I think I bought them from a bait shop in Spring off the I-45N feeder road.

[JStrider]

your thinking of mudskippers or whatever.... the larval form of a salamander


this form is the adult form of the axolotl

[peterp63]

You can buy these things at bait shops. Fishermen use them to catch bass.

[Nickintex]

that things creepin me out nick, its like your watching me.

Eye am watching you.