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Axolotl Care: Size, Lifespan, and Diet

Axolotls are also known as Mexican walking fish. They can grow between 6 to 18 inches long and live 10 to 20 years. They should be kept in at least a 15 to 20 gallon tank. In the wild, axolotls eat snails, worms, crustaceans, small fish and amphibians, but can be fed brine shrimp, beef or liver in captivity, as well as pellets purchased from the University of Kentucky Ambystoma Genetic Stock Center where they breed axolotls.

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Axolotl Care: Size, Lifespan, and Diet

Axolotls are also known as Mexican walking fish. They can grow between 6 to 18 inches long and live 10 to 20 years. They should be kept in at least a 15 to 20 gallon tank. In the wild, axolotls eat snails, worms, crustaceans, small fish and amphibians, but can be fed brine shrimp, beef or liver in captivity, as well as pellets purchased from the University of Kentucky Ambystoma Genetic Stock Center where they breed axolotls.

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Axolotls

By: AMISHI
COMMON NAME(S): Axolotls, Mexican
walking fish
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ambystoma mexicanum
What size do they get?
Between 6 and 18 inches long
How long do they live?

10-20 years
How big should the
tank be?

The tank should be at least 15-20-gallon tank.


What do they eat?

In the wild, axolotls feed on Pellets can also be purchased


snails, worms, crustaceans, directly from the University of
small fish, and small Kentucky where they breed and
amphibians. In captivity, they distribute axolotls to
can be fed a variety of brine laboratories and classrooms
shrimp, small strips of beef or through their Ambystoma
liver. Genetic Stock Center.
Thank you!

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