View Full Version : Tankmates for gar??
Hi guys, i had just got my spotted gar today and currently housing it with 1 albino senegalus, 1 delhezi, 1 siamese tiger and 6 blood parrots... are they actually suitable to be place together? Pls advice... :)
bluedempsey
10-04-2005, 5:31 PM
give it time, you will find out.
j/k
how big of a tank?
btw welcome to mfk
beblondie
10-04-2005, 5:43 PM
Spotted gar adult size24-30+ inches
Albino senegal adult 10-12 inches=snack for the gar
delhezi adult size 12-14 inches =snack for the gar
you really need the bigger species of bichir if you're keeping them with a gar-Anne
that might work out. give it a shot. my gar doesn't bother any of my other fish.
AmazonPredator
10-04-2005, 5:56 PM
It'll work for now as long as their's no aggressors...in the long-term you'll have to separate due to adult sizes as beblondie states. ;)
mkpeters6
10-04-2005, 7:02 PM
[QUOTE=bluedempsey]give it time, you will find out.
j/k
how big of a tank?
that is a good amount of fish and will need a pretty good size tank, thats probably the real issue at hand
they are considered just baby monsters at the moment as my delhezi, albino senegalus and gar are actually ard 5 inches, except for the siamese tiger which is only 3 inches...
currently im housing them in a 3ft tank...
reckon that i may need to upgrade the tank size in near future.
thanks for the replies! i will keep monitoring them and update u guys and gals!
gars grow fast and as advised may make a meal oof the other fish that dont grow so fast.
So far so good, they are all happily living together! Thanks all, advises noted... Will upgrade to a 5 ft tank in times to come.
beblondie
10-08-2005, 5:01 PM
The tank will need to be in the area of 36'' front to back(wide) gars have a large
turning radius due to their scalation.Simply put gars are fairly stiff fish -Anne
oscar1
10-08-2005, 7:18 PM
it's hard to say until the gar get's bigger it might bother them and then it might not