Alligator Gar - Growth Rate?
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mine is about 22 to 24 inches know in a 150g water troth( yes it has alot of room to move around) it is almost 2 years old and im feeding it twice a week talapea . he is fat and happy well about as happy as a gar can be anyways lol. so i think that it always depends on the fish and what it grows in because i think mine is kinda stunted from the previous owners.
Haha maybe I don't want my gator gar anymore. It's been 3 days and it seems like it grew half an inch already
yo, i am new to monster fish keepers, does anyone know how to post a question as above?????????
I am thinking of buying a 3" Alligator Gar
Is it very hard, lyk the longnose gar?
n is it very hardy???
I am thinking of buying a 3" Alligator Gar
Is it very hard, lyk the longnose gar?
n is it very hardy???
my gar is about 7 months and he is now 18 or 19inches. They grow fast and you must have room for them. i had him in a 10g for about 2weeks then in a 60 until he was 10inches. I was trying to build a pond asap for him since he kept growing and growing
I bought my 5inc gars last April and they are around 20-22inc now..they grow very fast at the first two month..
I had a gar that was about 24 inches when I got it and not that fat around it was only eating goldfish. I got it off live food and in about seven months it was 33 inches and a least 6 inches across messing up all my fish in a 400 gallon tank that was 7 1/2 feet long 28 inches wide and 36 inches tall.Mine never slowed down at 30 inches long as some people have said,out grew my tank way faster than I thought and had to get rid off it,not an easy task not a lot of people willing to go threw the problems of keeping gator gars in large tanks with other tank mates.what I heard is true do not keep anything in with a gator that your not willing to lose.I can say I did and got it out of my system,now I am raising a spotted Florida gar and not having any problems with tank mates.You no what they say live and learn and i learned the hard way.
mine grow 1m in a year plus from 8inch. i heard they growth rate slow down around 4 years old or 4 feet long i can't remember. but it really depends on the size of your tank, i currently keeping my Alligator gar in 2200 gallon and not occupied in the tank yet i can see him grow few inches every month until now.
