Keeping Axolotl Outside, OverWinter, In Ireland!!?

[@MickysAquariums]

Such cool little creatures. Good to learn a little bit about how to keep then and their needs.

[@TheJoyofAquascaping]

Thank you! I love these little guys. Hopefully, I'll be able to add a few new ones this summer, but they're hard to get these days!

[@nochance8405]

Good video. Just want to let you know that I've kept axolotls outside in my pond for the last 5years. No heater, just a pond pump and filter and they are very fit fat and healthy. In my experience it's the heat that kills them but they can deal with the cold very well.

[@TheJoyofAquascaping]

Glad to hear your lot are doing well!! Its a real pity the can't tolerate higher temperatures as I think they would be a really great pet for so many people, but running chillers with electricity prices as they are just isn't feasable for most people, back when I had these guys in tanks, even in the coldest room in the house, I had to run fans to keep things in check on really hot days, there's been no issues with temps at all!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@TheHamboy69]

What temperature is the water. Is a heater nessesary? I just see how you would control the temp

[@chiffchaff3355]

You'll never see a short lived unhealthy Axolotl kept in a pond outside in Irish/British climate. When the winter comes and forms a layer of ice I've found it stimulates them to breed after the thaw. Axolotl experience iced over waters in their native central Mexican Highland range.

[@TheJoyofAquascaping]

I couldn't see any historical weather data for their native range that was as cols as Irelands winter for long periods like we can get, so I opted for a few small heaters in my pond just to be sure! They do great in ponds, I think they're overlooked for them for sure, because people usually want to keep many different types of inhabitants in it, but a species only axolotl pond is great fun!

[@chiffchaff3355]

The water temperature in Lake Xochimilco rarely rises above 20 °C (68 °F), though it may fall to 6 or 7 °C (45 °F) in the winter, and lower. Lake Xochimilco is 2,400 m elevation, & it's known to snow at 2,200 m > The farmers there stop with frost sensitive crops in October there.

[@lospecesdexavier5288]

Salidos compañero me gustan tus videos

[@ridwankurniawan107]

how to feed them on a pond? what to feed?

[@PokekonNL]

You have a great voice keep making videos