Food for Axolotls
Different Types of Food For Axolotls
Although your Axolotl seems like the cutest and sweetest thing in the entire world, it's still a carnivore. This means its diet needs to be meat-based. Earthworms are known to be the absolute best food for Axolotls. There are many other food sources that are great for Axolotls. Ther are even some pellet food that is great for Axolotls.
Since every Axolotl is different, it is recommended to feed as much as your Axolotl can consume within several minutes. Feed every 2 - 3 days.
Acceptable sinking pellets
- Axolotl pellets - A Lot'l Axolotls ~ Available in our marketplace
- Sinking Carnivore Pellets - Hikari ~ Available in our marketplace
- Soft Salmon Pellets - Brand unknown
List of acceptable Life food
This table was created by Jennifer Macke(1)
| Food | Protein (% dry wt) |
Fat (% dry wt) |
Calcium (% dry wt) |
Phosphorous (% dry wt) |
Ca:Phos Ratio |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackworms | 47.8 | 20.1 | 0.11 | 0.85 | 0.12 | 1 |
| Bloodworms | 52.8 | 9.7 | 0.38 | 0.90 | 0.42 | 1 |
| Crickets, adult | 64.9 | 13.8 | 0.14 | 0.99 | 0.14 | 1 |
| Crickets, pinheada | NA | NA | 1.29 | 0.79 | 1.63 | 2 |
| Cockroach, American | 53.9 | 28.4 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 1 |
| Earthworms | 62.2 | 17.7 | 1.72 | 0.90 | 1.91 | 1 |
| Nightcrawlers | 60.7 | 4.4 | 1.52 | 0.96 | 1.58 | 1 |
| Fruit flies | 63.9 | 19.5 | 0.10 | 1.05 | 0.09 | 1 |
| Fruit fly larvae | 40.3 | 29.4 | 0.59 | 2.30 | 0.25 | 1 |
| Maggots | 56.8 | 20.0 | 0.41 | 1.13 | 0.36 | 1 |
| Mealworms | 52.7 | 32.8 | 0.11 | 0.77 | 0.14 | 1 |
| Mosquito larvae | 42.2 | 16.1 | 0.79 | 1.07 | 0.73 | 1 |
| Tubifex worms | 46.1 | 15.1 | 0.19 | 0.73 | 0.26 | 1 |
| Daphnia | 55.2 | 6.6 | 0.10 | 1.17 | 0.08 | 1 |
| Waxworms | 42.4 | 46.4 | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.17 | 1 |
| Phoenix wormsb | 45.3 | 32.4 | 2.33 | 1.53 | 1.52 | 5 |
| Leeches | 85.3 | 4.3 | 0.16 | 0.94 | 0.17 | 7 |
| Rangen soft moist salmon pellets | 44 | 18 | NA | NA | NA | 3 |
| Shrimp, raw | 83.3 | 8.3 | 0.22 | 0.85 | 0.26 | 4 |
| Squid, raw | 84.2 | 5.3 | 0.47 | 2.03 | 0.23 | 4 |
| Salmon, raw | 63.5 | 34.2 | 0.039 | 0.75 | 0.05 | 4 |
| Codfish, raw | 93.4 | 4.56 | 0.084 | 1.07 | 0.08 | 4 |
| Anchovy, raw, wholec | 74.0 | 18.5 | 0.544 | 0.644 | 0.84 | 4 |
| Beef heart, raw | 76.9 | 20.0 | 0.030 | 0.92 | 0.03 | 4 |
| Beef liver, rawd | 69.0 | 13.8 | 0.017 | 1.33 | 0.01 | 4 |
| Beef sirloin, raw | 79.4 | 16.1 | 0.081 | 0.756 | 0.11 | 4 |
| Chicken breast, raw | 92.0 | 4.0 | 0.044 | 0.784 | 0.06 | 4 |
| Chicken, whole 1-day-old | 64.9 | 22.4 | 1.69 | 1.22 | 1.39 | 4 |
| Mouse, pinkiee | 64.2 | 17.0 | 1.17 | NA | NA | 6 |
| Mouse, whole adulte | 55.8 | 23.6 | 2.98 | 1.72 | 1.73 | 6 |
| Frog, Green | 71.2 | 10.2 | 4.80 | 1.87 | 2.29 | 6 |
| Toad, Southern | 61.0 | 14.0 | 2.94 | 1.79 | 1.64 | 6 |
| Quail, whole | 71.5 | 31.9 | 3.43 | NA | NA | 6 |
(1) http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/foods2.shtml