12 inch gar not eating

[jpettey]

hopefully they eat it. Usually all predators of that size love krill. Good luck.

 

[Dylz]

i tried frozen shrimp the talapia ate some but the gar wasnt into it. now hes up and down at the glass like he wants out.
tomorrow ill try krill.

 

[xander]

all the evidence point to eitherr the tilapia beating on the gar/gar is feeling unsafe, or the water quality being poor. it will likely not feed, and you should figure out the problem and solve it even if it does.

 

[Dylz]

yeah one would think but i have kept my eye on this tank for days and no aggression at all. the talapia grabs plants and throws them around the tank but nothing directed at the gar. and i know how to keep my water quality straight but ill do a water change and see what happens.

 

[shua]

try blood worms its all my tillpia would eat and i had to hand feed him. oh and fruit snacks he loved fruit snacks

 

[pwmin]

yeah one would think but i have kept my eye on this tank for days and no aggression at all. the talapia grabs plants and throws them around the tank but nothing directed at the gar. and i know how to keep my water quality straight but ill do a water change and see what happens.

that still could be stressing the gar and causing it not to eat

 

[Dylz]

*update*
ok so i took out most of the plants the zebra was throwing around to try to eliminate stress on the gar.
the gar is eating he seems to really like the cichlid gold medium pellet for some reason and the talapia likes frozen shrimp.
i wanted to thank everyone for their insight.

 

[pwmin]

That's good, especially the pellets. Just hope the butti doesn't start attacking the gar since it doesn't have plants to attack now.