Gars in Planted Tanks?

Not I... Everytime I make it look nice with plants my Gars tear it all up.

what we do is tie fern to our bog wood it looks nice and the gars cant knock it over

i started a thread on this somewhere.....blast can't find it. anyways, in theory there's no reason why this won't work, but as always with large predators, the space can always be better utilizd, especially if the fish is large. if it's somthing you want to try i'd say go for it, but all in all it's really a better idea to try this when the fish is smaller and hence the plants can help with some added sense of security. i'd also go with hardy plants that don't require co2, fertilizer etc. (even if the gars can breathe atmostpheric air.)

theres a video on youtube of albino gar in a planted tank


http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300068

http://www.petshop-zoomania.com/PREDATORS/

click on the florida spotted gar links

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that's a leusistic

^-- that's a dope pic of them yawning

only problem I encountered was enough swimming room for the gar.

i currently keep plants with my "smaller" gars (in quotes because these fish are still around 14-16"). definitely go with hardier plants so there is less maintenance and less annoyance if/when gars tear them up.

i use floating water sprite which works well to give security at the surface, plus it's already uprooted so that's not an issue. on the bottom i use java moss and also crypts, which are low-light and low growing...and less likely to be uprooted. java fern also works well when attached to bogwood--
--solomon