My baby axolotls

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Hi all i am a first time axolotl owner and grew up 9 babies from eggs they are now about a month old and are eating blood worms thought i would share a few photos :D
 

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Gorgeous, just gorgeous.

And welcome to both the forum and the world of axolotl :)
 
Thanks so much!! i am loving the little axies they each have personalities of their own !! such cool animals
 
Are they GFP babies? Love their color. c:
 
Well, that greenish-yellow color definitely looks like a GFP (green fluorescent protein), but it's hard to tell unless you shine a blacklight on them. The eyes aren't black, which means they're albino. So you might have GFP albinos. :D
 
Here is some more photos
 

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Beautiful babies!!! How easy/tough was it raising them from eggs?
 
sorry for the late reply!! for my first time raising them it has been pretty good they require a lot of work especially when feeding them live food constantly but they are on bloodworms and pellets now i could do no more then 10 though as right now they are in the stage where they will nip at their siblings limbs i think if you are thinking about raising them from eggs do it!! its so much fun watching them grow up but just do not take on too many :p good luck :D
 
Gfp are genetically modified. Are they allowed in NZ? Perhaps these are good photos of some very nice golden's?
Your babies look lovely.

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Both of mine are GFP, and you can see green in their eyes when a light is on. Blacklight obviously works as well.
 
They're a lovely colour.

I'd be surprised if GFP creatures are legal in New Zealand. NZ is (justifiably, I think) more antsy about biohazards and security than the UK is. Maybe someone knows more about the government's stance on genetic modification.
 
they are so big now i will have to post some more photos i am going to be sad when i have to find new homes for them :p
 
Ohh you feed them blood worms and pellets? I was thinking about switching over soon, after I run out of black worms. How do they eat them? By hand or jar or what have you?
 
yup they are on bloodworms i thaw out the bloodworms then i use some tweezers and how i got them to change over was i would wriggle the bloodworm in front of their face took a couple of tries for them to take the bloodworms by themselves but they do catch on pretty fast :)
 
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