I bought 5 eggs for £6.99 + £2.99 postage which is more expensive than most eggs that come in batches of 15-30 eggs for the same price but I only wanted a small number of eggs as I already have a lot of axolotls so I didn't want too many more axolotls to find homes for once they are fully grown.
The seller says that the eggs were laid on 14/02. They arrived in a sealed sachet stuck down to one side of a letter sized cardboard box.
I cleaned an old 2.5 litre tub that I used for my last batch of eggs and half filled it with new decloranized water that had been sitting over night (I have 40 litres in buckets sitting every night for water changes) and poured the contents of the sachet into it.
I then put an electric thermometer into the water and put the tub in my bedroom as it is the warmest room in the house.
The water temperature is currently 18 degrees C which is a little on the low side. According to axolotl.org the water should be between 20-25 degrees C for the eggs to hatch quickly:
"Keeping the eggs at a warm temperature (to an absolute maximum of 25 °C /77 °F) will cause the eggs to hatch sooner (generally in less than 14 days), whilst a lower temperature (such as 18 °C / 64 °F) will result in them taking perhaps more than 20 days."
That means that at the current temperature my eggs should hatch around 05/03/2020 hopefully the water will get above 20 degrees soon so they should hatch before then.
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