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pufferking
05-02-2005, 7:12 PM
can anyone give me some info on hujeta gars? i have had one for a few months now and he seems to be fine.
piranha45
05-02-2005, 7:37 PM
they're topswimmers, they get about a foot long in the aquarium, they're predatory but not aggressive-- theyll get bullied around by mean fish. they're a characin, not a true gar.
guppy
05-03-2005, 12:21 AM
They love topminnows and are much more aggressive feeders in goups than alone. They are a bit delicate and will beat themselves up against glass if kept with things like green terrors. If you can afford it a 75 long show tank with a little root wood and lots of pretty little cheap tetras would be cool. Of course you would have to keep buying tetras.
Neo Baron
05-04-2005, 6:58 PM
they like alot of floating plants to hide in, a ph of 7.0 water moderate to hard and a temp of 76-80. i have one and it is agressive only towards the other characin gar, i feed it krill, feeder gf, and somtimes it will even take bloodworms.
pufferking
05-04-2005, 8:21 PM
mine he lovews feeder guppies.
Try a small school, guppies are best feeder size or smallmollies, Clumps of weed and larger open areas are great because first they lurk, than they raid, one feeding excites the others. Besides, they just look cool.
tigerfish
05-04-2005, 9:44 PM
specieslist.com
Neo Baron
05-05-2005, 10:33 AM
guppies? mine eats 3 inch goldfish.
pufferking
05-05-2005, 8:57 PM
thanks for the info
crazystereo
05-31-2005, 1:36 AM
Most gars, like the one usually called "needle -nosed gar", Like colder water, closer to 68F. MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THAT LID ON!!! It also might not hurt weight or strap the lid down. I say this because I actually found my gar half in, half out of my tank. He actually hit the glass lid just right, and with enough force, to get through it. Half-way, anyway.
bondo73
01-28-2006, 11:38 PM
I just got a smaller Hujeta (about 5")and was wondering what suggestions anyone had on good tankmates for this fish? Thanks
It's going well together with most fish, but too small will be eaten.
Freshy
01-29-2006, 3:27 AM
I just got a smaller Hujeta (about 5")and was wondering what suggestions anyone had on good tankmates for this fish? Thanks
small cichlids shd be ok... e.g. severum.. earth eater :D
i comm them with severum..earth eater..senegal.. black ghost knife .. fire eel.. raphael cat..
:D
stotty
01-29-2006, 3:41 AM
Had mine in a tank with all sort liked being in the faster flowing water got it eating mussels and small worms droped into the fast flowing water they hit it like a live food.Have also seen them sold as Blunt Nosed Car, Gar Characin,
have a look at
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12407