Tankmates for gar??

ER77

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Hi guys, i had just got my spotted gar today and currently housing it with 1 albino senegalus, 1 delhezi, 1 siamese tiger and 6 blood parrots... are they actually suitable to be place together? Pls advice... :)
 

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give it time, you will find out.
j/k

how big of a tank?

btw welcome to mfk
 

beblondie

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Spotted gar adult size24-30+ inches

Albino senegal adult 10-12 inches=snack for the gar
delhezi adult size 12-14 inches =snack for the gar
you really need the bigger species of bichir if you're keeping them with a gar-Anne
 

AmazonPredator

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It'll work for now as long as their's no aggressors...in the long-term you'll have to separate due to adult sizes as beblondie states. ;)
 

ER77

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they are considered just baby monsters at the moment as my delhezi, albino senegalus and gar are actually ard 5 inches, except for the siamese tiger which is only 3 inches...
currently im housing them in a 3ft tank...

reckon that i may need to upgrade the tank size in near future.
thanks for the replies! i will keep monitoring them and update u guys and gals!
 

ER77

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So far so good, they are all happily living together! Thanks all, advises noted... Will upgrade to a 5 ft tank in times to come.
 

beblondie

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The tank will need to be in the area of 36'' front to back(wide) gars have a large
turning radius due to their scalation.Simply put gars are fairly stiff fish -Anne
 
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