Hi guys -
I recently bought a florida/spotted (still not sure if they are different species) gar at ~6 inches along with a ck that's probably closer to 8 inches. I got them both at the same time, and they are currently in a 135 by themselves (I had a fairly large silver and pike in there before - the silver somehow jumped out despite the weighted covers and the pike was too large / aggressive for me to feel comfortable putting the two new guys in yet - he is now chilling with 3 sun cats about 1/3 of his size or less in a 125, so perhaps aggression was not an issue) and the gar and ck ate when they were first introduced to the tank (I bought a bunch of the fish that the lfs had been feeding them in the store). I read the article on how to get gars off of live foods, and I've been offering floating cichlid sticks to the gar and ck - the ck goes for them but doesn't quite eat them while the gar completely ignores them. The only time I've seen him going for one is when the ck pulled one under from the surface and then released it, letting it float to the surface. The gar went for it at the time but once it reached the surface he stopped abruptly. My question is whether or not the ck will pose an issue for the gar in terms of getting him off feeders.
Thanks for taking the time to read this long post!
I recently bought a florida/spotted (still not sure if they are different species) gar at ~6 inches along with a ck that's probably closer to 8 inches. I got them both at the same time, and they are currently in a 135 by themselves (I had a fairly large silver and pike in there before - the silver somehow jumped out despite the weighted covers and the pike was too large / aggressive for me to feel comfortable putting the two new guys in yet - he is now chilling with 3 sun cats about 1/3 of his size or less in a 125, so perhaps aggression was not an issue) and the gar and ck ate when they were first introduced to the tank (I bought a bunch of the fish that the lfs had been feeding them in the store). I read the article on how to get gars off of live foods, and I've been offering floating cichlid sticks to the gar and ck - the ck goes for them but doesn't quite eat them while the gar completely ignores them. The only time I've seen him going for one is when the ck pulled one under from the surface and then released it, letting it float to the surface. The gar went for it at the time but once it reached the surface he stopped abruptly. My question is whether or not the ck will pose an issue for the gar in terms of getting him off feeders.
Thanks for taking the time to read this long post!
