Can help me ID this gar?

kno4te

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Look like Florida gar. Gets about 18-24 inches. Not sure about growth rate but someone here can inform us. Surely 55g will eventually not suffice. But nice looking gar.


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pharmaecopia

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Florida gar. Usual growth rate is 12" the first year after which growth slows and something closer to 2" per year is more typical.


How does he swim? I ask this cause it looks as though it might have broken it's back.
 

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Nothing really that you can do. If he has movement in it back fins it should recover mostly. Will always show some evidence of having broken it's back though.
 

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Gars don't swim fast like other fish. My gar completely healed from a broken back overnight without any evidence of it later on. Floridas can grow an inch per week depending on what they are fed, and they usually slow down at 14-16 inches, possibly even 12.
 
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