food for gars

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vicdeedee

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i just want all the other mfk's opinions on what they find best to feed their gars, what promotes health, appearence, activeness? i curently feed my alligator gar large feeders and he also likes to eat my oscars pellets.
 
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ultimatejay

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^ +1, about the worse thing you can feed is live feeder goldfish. Give them a mix variety of frozens/pellets. I feed mine smelt, market shrimp, tilapia pieces and floating Hikari stix. I also mix in seachem vitamins on all the frozen foods. It's ok to feed feeders once in a while, but you risk parasite infection and there is not that much nourishment in feeders, especially goldfish.
 
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Lepisosteus platyrhincus

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varied is the way to go. if you go with live, make sure to quarentine them first. I went on a trip and found out that my gar got parasites that im still trying to fight(at least i think its parasites) so be careful
 
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vicdeedee

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ya i keep all my feeders for about 4 or 5 days befor i feed with them, i started with the shrimp and talapia but he will only eat them if i drop them on his nose, if they fall to the bottom of the tank he wont touch it

what pellets/sticks are you guys using?
 
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