Lost my Alligator Gar

[Miks786]

hey guys

Today sucks big time lost my Alligator Gar, don’t know what happened to him as he was very healthy

 

[Dloks]

Water parameter? Gars are pretty indestructible from my experience. Unless it jumped it smashed it’s head.. do you have any other tank mates? Is there any voltage leaking to the water?

 

[Miks786]

Water parameters are good...Not sure if he jumped because I wasn’t home...Tankmates are emperor snakehead, sliver aro, RTC , flowhorn and jaguar cichlids...Nothing could have hurt him...And no voltage leaking into water...He did have a bump on his back/ head which I’m not sure of

I thought he could have maybe choked on a stone he swallowed?

If you see in the pic you can see the bump close to his head

 

[blackwolf911]

You have like the craziest mix of fish .. ever .. the jags or the FH could have nipped him and he would shoot across the tank and hit his head or break his back.. end of story

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Water parameters are good...Not sure if he jumped because I wasn’t home...Tankmates are emperor snakehead, sliver aro, RTC , flowhorn and jaguar cichlids...Nothing could have hurt him...And no voltage leaking into water...He did have a bump on his back/ head which I’m not sure of

I thought he could have maybe choked on a stone he swallowed?

If you see in the pic you can see the bump close to his head

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You gonna autopsy?

 

[Leebtattoos]

Sounds like everything could have caused him to “dart” and break his back. Gars aren’t indestructible like many say. Once they’re large, many fish don’t mess with them. But that doesn’t mean they “hold their own” when young. I’ve seen almost every fish you have completely kill any tankmates unless in tanks over 300 gal or more.

How big was it? Looks around 12”. But photos can be deceiving.

 

[Dloks]

That bump you see is most likely a broken back caused by another fish making your gar dart into the glass/lid. IME after keeping over 20+ gator gars in my fish career most of them to 2-3’. They are solid fish. I’ve had my gars destroy snakeheads, harasses aros, nipped rtc and more. Yah I believe they are sensitive when their like 2-3” lol.

 

[Miks786]

Sounds like everything could have caused him to “dart” and break his back. Gars aren’t indestructible like many say. Once they’re large, many fish don’t mess with them. But that doesn’t mean they “hold their own” when young. I’ve seen almost every fish you have completely kill any tankmates unless in tanks over 300 gal or more.

How big was it? Looks around 12”. But photos can be deceiving.

He was about 11-12"....I have never seen the fish in the tank fight or anything,they always got along

 

[Miks786]

That bump you see is most likely a broken back caused by another fish making your gar dart into the glass/lid. IME after keeping over 20+ gator gars in my fish career most of them to 2-3’. They are solid fish. I’ve had my gars destroy snakeheads, harasses aros, nipped rtc and more. Yah I believe they are sensitive when their like 2-3” lol.

But he was about 11-12"

 

[Dloks]

But he was about 11-12"

I know I’m just trying to say I’ve had them from babies and my personal experience they are pretty hardy