Mixing 28" cobra SH w/ 18" gator gar

[Fishgeek]

i'm thinking about mixing a 28" cobra SH, 18" gator gar and a 14" gator gar... do you think it will work... i'm probably gonna keep them in a 135g... I kind of want to create one of those japanese style tank buster tanks.

[rayman45]

i ve had a 2 foot cobra
not as mean as my red
maybe go a little bigger on the gar 18-20"

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where can you get sh r u in the us?

[rayman45]

btw
cobra sh grow fast
mine went from20" to 26" pretty fast
i gave him to a lfs. the owner has it he says it around 3 feet

[Fishgeek]

rayman... any chance you can get it back from the lfs, so i can try to breed them?

[rayman45]

it was like a year ago
ill keep an eye out for ya

[The TRUST]

I don't see any problems mixing them. From my experience gars make good snakehead tank mates.

[froggyman]

i heard MD lifted its ban on snakehead except for the northern snake head which can survive over winter so maybe other states did something like that too.

[The TRUST]

i heard MD lifted its ban on snakehead except for the northern snake head which can survive over winter so maybe other states did something like that too.

Where did you read this?

[froggyman]

i hear some people talking about it in a LFS( they did not work there thou)

also hear http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60754-2004Sep3.html

[tigerfangs]

I think that's just a rumor. The ban is federal, not state, so how would that be possible?

[mercury904]

i'm thinking about mixing a 28" cobra SH, 18" gator gar and a 14" gator gar... do you think it will work... i'm probably gonna keep them in a 135g... I kind of want to create one of those japanese style tank buster tanks.




well i guess the gar can defend itself,besides gars have thick armour like scales..rock solid!! just keep them well fed to avoid any problem,,but im sure you wont have any...just do regular partial water change because gars doesnt like amonias that much.. i have a gar died by dirty (clouded) water this is a result of laziness

[CAPOREGIME]

call me crazy, but isnt 135g for 2 gators and a cobra a tad on the small side?

[Oddball]

Yeah, a 135 is just about too small for an adult cobra to be comfortable in alone.

I'm closing this thread due to it being a CA member looking for info on keeping 2 illegal species. Plus, it's obvious there's little concern for the fish since a 135 is already way too small for an 18" gar to turn around in.

[PhullTank57]

I think this can be done?... (although I would grow the gator gars out a little bit more larger?) How is the personality & temperment of your cobra like? highly mean??... intolerant of tankmates?? etc.? :uhoh: If you do happen to try mixing them, do keep us posted please. I am curious to know also. GL!