does ur gar eat pellets, if so howd you do it ?

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rob1984

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my gr is about 7" give or take, and ive been feeding him talapia but the pbass seem to snag most of the talapia before he even gets a chance.... how did you guys get your gar on pellets ? or how can i get mine on pellets ? what size is ok to starve them and just feed strickly pellets to everyone hoping he takes them ?
 
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aceyoda

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at about 9 in i got my Florida to take pellets. I was having a similar problem with an Oscar eating all the shrimp. What I ended up doing is just feeding pellets after a couple shrimp. The Oscar would get all the shrimp first but the smell of them would excite the gar and eventually the gar ended up trying the pellets. This took a few failed attempts with the gar not having anything to eat because he refused the pellets. But once the gar figured out that I wasn't going to specially feed him shrimp after the Oscar finished he started to eat pellets. after a couple weeks of this I stopped feeding shrimp first and the gar would eat pellets without the excitement of shrimp. Now when I do treat them to shrimp the gar will compete with the Oscar instead of waiting because he has figured out that the shrimp buffet is not endless.
 
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rob1984

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hmmm, well ya even when i feed just pellets the gar shows NO intrest at all in them or anything....but im not sure where to take it from there.... like i feed him talapia and he eat it but he is very slow when i toss it in if it floats behind he dont care really lol.... how long shoul i feed strickly pellets for or what should i do ... i know as soon as i toss talapia in the bass will eat it right away and the gar wont even know the talapia hit the water
 
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1) Pbass and cichlids in general are not ideal tank-mates for gar. not just saying it either, i've experinced it. anything territorial period is a bad idea and will more then likely end up with a gar with a broken back from spooking, or stressed out it refuses to eat.

2) all 3 species I've owned took to pellets fairly easy once they where 12" under that size they should have free access to live foods ( ie 24/7)
 
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