About Axolotl Tank
Axolotl Tank is an independent UK site about one thing: giving pet axolotls a tank they can live well in for 10 years or more. We write for first-time keepers, in plain English, with UK products, UK summers and UK tap water in mind.
Where the advice comes from
We check our guidance against vet and specialist sources, including care sheets from the Royal Veterinary College's exotics service, published husbandry guides, and UK aquatic specialists. Where sources disagree (tank size is a good example) we say so and tell you what we'd do.
How this site makes money
Some "Check prices" buttons go to shops that pay us a small commission if you buy. You pay the same. We list what an animal needs whether or not anyone pays us for it, and we'll never recommend kit we think is unsafe.
Your privacy
No cookies, no advertising trackers, no accounts. We count page views without storing IP addresses or anything that identifies you. Your checklist ticks and tool answers are saved only in your own browser.
Photo credits
- A leucistic axolotl looking straight at the camera on fine sand: Ambystoma mexicanum (6337858006).jpg by Ruben Undheim from Trondheim, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized.
- A pale pink axolotl resting on sand, gills fanned out: Ambystoma mexicanum (6337857516).jpg by Ruben Undheim from Trondheim, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized.
- Two white axolotls lying on sand in a planted aquarium: Ambystoma mexicanum at Vancouver Aquarium.jpg by ZeWrestler, CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized.
- An axolotl in a home tank with sand, a pipe hide and a sponge filter: Ambystoma mexicanum photo.jpg by Nasreddine Nas'h, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized.
- A pink axolotl with bright red gills beside green plants: Axolotl in COEX Aquarium.jpg by user:salamander724, Public domain. Cropped and resized.
- Two axolotls face to face on a dark tank floor: Aquarium de Dunkerque Axolotls 08102017 1.jpg by Vassil, CC0. Cropped and resized.
- A dark wild-type axolotl looking at the camera: Ambystoma mexicanum.005 - Aquarium Finisterrae.jpg by Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized.
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Diagrams and illustrations are our own.
Spotted a mistake?
Care advice changes as vets learn more. If something here is out of date, email christoff@crackingsites.co.uk and we'll fix it.