Help! my gar will not eat

Hi,
Have you asked the person that you got him from what food he fed her?? I had 2 alligater gars that were very picky eaters. I always fed mine goldfish and they loved it! Plus I even tried hotdogs, chicken livers(not cooked) and they would gobble it up if they were in the mood. Since he is so big, they like to cetch their prey. I would put some good size gold fish in there and give him some time...
Also do you keep your tank light on at all times?? they are ambush pred. and they will lay very still and then attack. I would also turn your tank light off @ night with the feeders and see what happens.
Also is he or she acting normal staying close to the top or is he falling to the bottom??
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Drea2009

one we need pics for proper id
longnose and alligator gars are to sepraate species.
does he eat the feeders?
tankmates could be out preforming him for food.
help us out with more info man, and we will try to help you

I do not even know where to start with this thread....
Quite frankly I'm just speechless....

Im no expert, but i doubt that force feeding your gar or any animal is a great idea. Put yourself in his position. The stress you're causing your gar is likely to do more damage than his lack of eating

bigrich545;2826547; said:

here is a pic, hes the larger brown one that im pointing at,

the lights are always off at night,

and i tried 200 feeders in there , they lasted 3 days before disapearing,
and he still had a skinny belly,

he is always at the top, but sometimes in the morning when i turn the lights on hes mid tank facing into the water flow, then when the lights go on he raises to the top, hes getting fatter now, since if been force feeding him

thanks
tracy

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First off then I feel like then I get and in the end I want to

sorry, i forgot to mention that he is about 26" long and very colorfull with no deformities, very healthy looking, so i dont know whats wrong with him

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If hes healthy looking then why are you concerned? Just because he isn't FAT doesn't mean hes not healthy.

Tracy this is all around just bad and your making things much much worse by subjecting the fish to this type of stress. Drop me a PM and I'll give you my E-mail to contact me. I can help you out better one on one and not in this forum format. You have a couple interesting fish there and I'd hate to see them suffer any. Get in touch and I'll help you out.