{"id":4,"date":"2021-04-26T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmd.scctc.org\/baileybaker\/?p=4"},"modified":"2021-05-07T15:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:03:57","slug":"new-axolotl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmd.scctc.org\/baileybaker\/2021\/04\/26\/new-axolotl\/","title":{"rendered":"New Axolotl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All pet owners make mistakes. Assuming you are a pet owner, have you made a mistake? I will be sharing my experience with my axolotl, which I have made countless mistakes with over the last two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided I wanted a &#8220;water lizard&#8221; after watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaOTXKuQ-t-eTikY96B9n-Q\">Taylor Nicole Dean<\/a>&#8216;s YouTube videos. She has lots of different animals. Her content consists of posting videos about all her different pets and their care. She posted a video about basic care a axolotl needs. I instantly fell in love. They were cool, easy, and fun. Little did I know they definitely are a lot of work. A few weeks later, I purchased a 10-gallon tank, bag of sand, filter, and some fake plants. I asked my grandfather to cut and sand off PVC pipes (Taylor said they really like them). I went to a few tropical fish stores, but axolotls are kinda hard to find since they are more on the rare end of the spectrum. A local tropical fish store eventually told me they could order one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Axolotl Arrives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> A couple of days later, my mom picked up my new friend. She (I didn&#8217;t know she was a she for the first few months) was so cute! She was about the size of my pinky, and because she was albino, I could actually see through her. All of her organs were visible and tiny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first mistake would be placing the sand. If you are not an aquarium enthusiast you have no idea how difficult sand is (at the time I was not). The bag said to fill with water and let drain multiple times, which was an absolute mess. I spilled it everywhere getting dust, and sand all over the bathtub. Most people recommend putting the sand in a bucket, stirring it with your hand, and letting the sand settle at the bottom. Then repeating the process until the dust is out of the sand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then made my second mistake. I put the sand in the tank, added my decorations, filled it with cold water, added the measured amount of conditioner, and turned the filter on. A few seconds later, I heard a large grinding sound, and the filter stopped working. Of course, I was uninformed that you\u2019re supposed to let the sand settle to the bottom before turning on the filter. Within seconds I had broken my brand new filter. I put the bag containing my new friend in the water to acclimate while the sand settled. 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