Best type of feeders (non gold fish) for a gar

Oddball

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bait minnow/shiners. Down here shiners are natural prey for wild gars. I advise gut-loading shiners just prior to feeding them out to boost their nutritional value for predators.
 

HungDang

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shiner minnow are their nature food, and they can be found at almost any live bait shop.
I found out that keeping smaller shiner minnow alive is a lot easier than the larger minnows that I bought. Most of the lager minnow(some shops listed at bass minnow for the lager size and the smaller size is crappie minnow) that I bought die within a few day while the smaller minnow live and even breed in my tank.
 

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I've found that the minnows need clean,well oxygenated water if you expect to keep them alive for a decent length of time.
 

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I've used those for other fish I've had but oddly enough my current group doesn't seem to want to eat them.
 

jpcampbell123

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i offer mine live shiners also one of the mine will eat pellets on a regular basis the other bulk of their diet consist of market shrimp and tilapia slivers
i have one that has not switched over to prepare foods but i am sure it will when it gets bigger
also all of my biggest ones seem to prefer the market shrimps over the tilapia slivers
has anyone else experienced this?
 

Jayfish7

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I'll def look into shiner for my gar... From your own exp. how/what is the best way to get your get to start eating tilapia ?
 

zie2695

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I fed mine minnows until I got them on pellets. Note they only get live as a treat a few times a month.

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