AXOLOTL

Axolotl

AXOLOTL

General statement

Axolotl are walking Mexican fish. They are amphibians who spend their whole lives underwater.

DIET

Axolotls swallow their prey hole just like a snake. They eat insects larvae,worms,small fish,mollusk,Crustacean,goldfish,other axolotls and just about any fish they can fit in their mouth and swallow whole.

HABITAT

Today wild axolotls live in Mexico in a lake called Xochimilco near Mexico city. They also live in another lake by the name of lake Chalco but lake Chalco is starting to dry up so if you wanted to keep one at home you have to have a fish tank 30 inches in length but 45 would be perfect the tank should be 21 gallons (81 liters)  Axolotls need a filter. If the filter has a tube, hide it behind something or aim it at the glass so it does not destroy their gills if they get near it, or keep the filter on a lower power.The water temperature of an axolotl house is very important. You should keep it 10 C (50 F). temperature above 24 C (72 F) are very stressful to axolotls. Water temperature above 72 F will kill your Axolotl

PREDATORS

The axolotls predators are big fish,birds,storks and herons.After being attacked by a predator an axolotl can regenerate body parts. Also people kill them by polluting their water and building over their environment.

There has been an effort to try and breed and release axolotls to try and increase their numbers because they are nearly extinct because of pollution and people killing their environment.  

APPEARANCE

Axolotls are grey or white with dark eyes. The colour depends on its cells. It can grow up to 30 cm in length and ways from 60-227 grams. They also ages but stay in larvae form its entire life.

CLOSING STATEMENT

There has been an effort to try and breed and release axolotls to try and increase their numbers because they are nearly extinct because of pollution and people killing their environment.