1700 gallon Make-over Before and After with Golden Gar

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Awesome gar tank.
Thank you.

That is by far the best tank I've ever seen! Amazing!
Thanks!

that is just awesome looking
Thank you very much :)

a few things, this has been my favorite aquarium for years, it's incredible. The gator gar looks a little deformed and something I would like to see is a video showing all the fish. A long update video would be amazing, a tour of everything with commentary would be great and how you did things. A showing of the jungle above the tank would be great as well. thanks in advance
The gator gar is slightly -which is common actually. Because the gator gar is selectively bred for the white gene you get some other abnormalities that go along with it. Most larger "Snow Gar" show a similar trait or other variation.
 
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Thank you.



Thanks!


Thank you very much :)


The gator gar is slightly -which is common actually. Because the gator gar is selectively bred for the white gene you get some other abnormalities that go along with it. Most larger "Snow Gar" show a similar trait or other variation.
I agree with what your saying, you do see it a lot but there are still many that do not show this amount of deformity. nevertheless it's still an amazing fish
 

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Wow, great setup! Would be cool if you could share of some of the "behind the scenes" equipment you use to keep this going.

Ps. Watched some of your other vid's - excellent!
 

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Wow, great setup! Would be cool if you could share of some of the "behind the scenes" equipment you use to keep this going.

Ps. Watched some of your other vid's - excellent!
Thank you! By the way- A behind the scenes is scheduled :)

the new video was amazing. I look forward to more of them
Thank you! :)
 

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Great Video and also good to see you back and active! Check it out Charney Charney jettefrances17 jettefrances17 shookONES shookONES f22 f22
 

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Great stock and to echo others beautiful tank. Golden Gars are one of my favorite fish. It's so rare to see them and even rarer to see them at a large size. I've heard some grow out of the coloration, how true that is I don't know but it would explain why I barely ever see an adult Golden. Hope to see more of you and this tank in the future.
 

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Amazing set up!
I'm just curious, but you said you hadn't cleaned the glass in 6 months. Why not use a magnet or plactic scraper with a long handle?
Or...is it an excuse to get in with your wet pets, which, btw, are really cool.

How big will they eventually get? Will they need a pond at some point?
 
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