Friendly gar?

Tythefishguy

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May 21, 2014
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I have seen that a lot of people have shy gars. I was wondering if anyone else has any that is not Adria's to be around hands? I have a foot long Florida gar and he lets me touch him most of the time and always comes to me when I get close to the tank.
 

brich999

Jack Dempsey
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I had one that would ALWAYS try to attack my hand. Im talking about slowly stalking me anytime I did maintenance. Ended up getting rid of him because my others were much more mellow. Never had one that was afraid of me though
 

Tythefishguy

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I had one that would ALWAYS try to attack my hand. Im talking about slowly stalking me anytime I did maintenance. Ended up getting rid of him because my others were much more mellow. Never had one that was afraid of me though
Oh I bet that was fun, I got bit yesterday rubbing his nose and he got annoying and bit the crap out of me, finger bled it was bad. I was debating on getting an alligator gar too but I am assuming they are more aggressive haven't research about them yet.
 

fwprawn

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I've NEVER heard of a shy gar, or seen one. You may be thinking of one of the "false" gars which are often shy.
 

HungDang

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you rub their nose and they will think that you're trying to hand feed them, or in this case ... you're trying to feed them your hand.
 

TexanMFKer

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Oh I bet that was fun, I got bit yesterday rubbing his nose and he got annoying and bit the crap out of me, finger bled it was bad. I was debating on getting an alligator gar too but I am assuming they are more aggressive haven't research about them yet.
Gator garsa re way more agressive. Mine badly damaged my p.bass and aro

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Jack Dempsey
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I had a 17-18 in florida that loved to be touched/belly rubbed. Always came right up to the surface.

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