New Shortnose gar

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arowana666

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Just wanted to share my new gar almost 3ft 80cm.
Just a fantastic animal


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Fantastic ! How did you get a shornose so big in Europe?

 

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Sorry but that's a Gator Gar not a shorty. Impressive looking Gar none the less, good luck with him.


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arowana666 said:

Just wanted to share my new gar almost 3ft 80cm. View attachment 1026546View attachment 1026545View attachment 1026544
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That looks like a Alligator Gar to me actually and they can get BIG.

 

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You don't say i think i got screwed on this one because i cant house a gator. Shorty would have been fine.


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Yeah Shortnose Gars are pretty thin for gars and though they have the potential to reach 3 feet but it's a lot more common for them to max out at 24 inches especially in captivity. Sorry that you might've got a raw deal. Here's a couple of pics of Shortys including mine around 12-14 inches.

 

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He has goten a lot darker the past day while settling in the new tank but that doen not matter does it?


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At 3ft in length now it may still be fine in your tank for awhile as your tank looks huge. What are the dimensions?

 

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Its 8,2ftX6,6ftX5,9ft do i got some room to play with but it was never my intention to end up with a gator gar. It has always been on of the spices on my no never ever list.


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I have a 28 inch gator gar and I am having problems with keeping it with tank Mates I have some of the same fish as you do,and he is pretty aggressive.I hope he does not start going after your fish.I had to change out a lot of them because they like to go on a shredding spree every time I add a new fish he shreds it or eats it.I hope you get lucky and Got a mellow one