Axolotl questions!

[xVelvet_FuzzButtx]

I doubt i'll be able to afford up keep of one for a while but I really need to learn a lot before getting one anyway. I haven't even owned my own fish so i've got a ways to go. I just recently saw some and found out they aren't salt water fish-yay.

1. i've read that a 10-20 gallon long tank is okay, Isn't a 10 small?
2. Do they need live plants? or just soft ones?
3. what is their life expectancy?
4. how hard are they to find in the US?
5. what are they like? are they actie?
6. Do you have any photos of your Axolotl or his set up?

thank you.

[Genny]

i've never heard of that kinf of fish--can you send a pic. of one?

[sweetpatata6]

i've never heard of that kinf of fish--can you send a pic. of one?

Hehe I was gonna ask that

[wombat2u2004]

Yup....I got an albino one called Snowy.
I bought him about 6 years ago.....he was then a baby of about 2 inches long.........now he's like 10 inches long.
As for size of tank....don't get anything real small, as they do grow. Even tho they are a very sluggish sort of a pet, they still need a little room to move about.
The proper name for them is Axolotyl....but most people call them Mexican Walking Fish, for those of you on this thread that don't know what one is.
You have to feed them every two days.....with Axolotyl food (from the pet store........what I do, is take him out of his big tank with a little net, put him in a small tank, and then when he's settled down and quite still....I drop the food with a pair of tweezers just a little in front of him....because their eyesight is really bad, so what happens is the vibrations of the food hitting the water just above his head causes him to snap upwards, and that way he grabs the food. He generally gets about 50% of the food dropped onto him into his mouth (thats why you should feed him in a separate tank, because you might pollute the larger tank) When he's finished eating....put him back into the bigger tank.
Another good idea is to make some sort of cave for him...because they really don't like a lot of light......I have a 4 inch plastic right angled plumbing pipe in my tank....he gets into that a lot.
Hope this helps....
Wom

[wombat2u2004]

Here's Snowy..............

[xVelvet_FuzzButtx]

what size is snowy's tank?

thank you for all the help! Google corrected me with Axolotl.

heres what they are..