Allagator gar feeding
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Maybe it's a little too intimadating for him to eat? as there are two much larger and much more aggressive eaters in the tank : Oscars!
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100 minnows always worked for me.
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I didn't catch that neither!
i don't think it's an alligator gar now~ or I could be wrong!
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Yes, they are not to common in B.C. which is why I want to know where he got it. 80% of the time LFS mis-label gars. BTW those fish including the oscar will be dead soon b/c the gar will kill them if it's a true A gar. If the fish is growing several inches a month then it might really be an A gar, best to wait for king-el to chime in, he will know the type of gar and help out with the feeding....
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Or he can post a better picture up on MFK, hundred percent someone can identify it for him!
And there are also great stickies there that you can read upon and check if it's a true gar, they are hard to differ in my opinion!
Anyways, where's King-EL when you need him? =)
And there are also great stickies there that you can read upon and check if it's a true gar, they are hard to differ in my opinion!
Anyways, where's King-EL when you need him? =)
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it is a flordia gar i have a wc flordia gar but putting mine up for sale maybe pm me if anyone is interested
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Sorry I'm late.Yes it's a captive breed Florida Gar. Most common gar you'll see in many LFS and they are most of the time labeled as spotted gar or alligator gar as you often find at King Ed.
As for feeding. Best to separate it for now and fatten it up with live feeders. I know many will go against it but it just for starter. Once it get settle in more and nice and thick, starve it for 2 weeks and drop some pellets or drop some cut up shrimp or fish fillet in front of it. If it goes skinny again and won't eat, keep doing the same method as it will eventually learn. Once it start eating it will grow fast in just a few months to 16" and will always beg for food. You can also hand feed it.
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Ahhh... Oscars are usually the ones that are a little too aggressive during feeding!
You definitely want to take King-EL's advice, as he's seriously the KING of monster fish!
=) I'm sure I'm not the only one that'll agree to that~
Good luck, I'm sure he'll be fine!
You definitely want to take King-EL's advice, as he's seriously the KING of monster fish!
=) I'm sure I'm not the only one that'll agree to that~
Good luck, I'm sure he'll be fine!
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nice Gar, I think you should be happy you actually have a florida and not an alligator gar. =D
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I agree that you're better off with a florida gar than a true gator gar.
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There is no way that you can get true spotted gar in LFS. All that are so called spotted gars in many LFS are actually captive breed florida gars. They both look alike to the untrained eye but post pics and I can tell which one is which.
Your gar is 100% Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus)
Even juvie florida and gator gars can easily tell apart.
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What it died!?!?!
I thought you said it was eating like a pig. What happened?
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Got pics of that oscar? Been looking for an albino veiltail oscar.
the gar jumped out of the smallest space on my tank i think my oscar was chaseing it around and it found a small gap where my heater is just after he started eating lots i had the worst day waking up to my gar on the floor =0( i have pic of the albino tiger oscar on my profile also it is on the fresh classifids
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