How small is too small? In terms of adding a 4" p. bass into my florida/spotted gar's tank. It's a 125, the gar (10"-12", haven't measured him recently) lives in there solo right now. He had shared the tank with an old jack dempsey until it passed away a couple months ago. The bass is definitely bigger than the gar's mouth (gar struggles to take down half of a thawed "medium" shrimp to be honest), but I suppose he could kill the bass if he so desired.
Gar hasn't had any live for a looong time, currently eating raw shrimp stuffed with NLS pellets (fed by hand with a wooden skewer). The bass is eating pellets.
Anyone have relevant experience introducing similarly sized bass into a gar tank?
P.S. Yes, I know a 125 will not house either of these fish long term, I'll address this when the time is appropriate. My hope is that they will be able to co-exist long term.
Gar hasn't had any live for a looong time, currently eating raw shrimp stuffed with NLS pellets (fed by hand with a wooden skewer). The bass is eating pellets.
Anyone have relevant experience introducing similarly sized bass into a gar tank?
P.S. Yes, I know a 125 will not house either of these fish long term, I'll address this when the time is appropriate. My hope is that they will be able to co-exist long term.
