lol.. you guys are dorks ( btw thats a compliment). and I completely agree. gar under imo 12" shoudln't be starved intentionally period. only in extereme cases should this be done ( for medical reasons) Or you are tempting stunting, and what I've seen in other species ( I know gar are different then most fish..) which will refuse to eat even if their usual food is offered, and simply wither away and die. imo getting them offa live food just isn't a good enough reason to do so much potential harm. particulalry when their natural food is made up largely of live fish.
The fastest way to train your gars to eat frozen foods
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After reading through the captive car guides, which I should have done along time ago, and yes i know better, don't know why i didn't. I think that the reason I've been having trouble is my floridas tankmates. 2 bluegill, 2 pumpkinseed, and a fairly good size pleco. I plan on rectifying this today, as i've got a spare 55 with nothing in it. was planning on moving him to that anyway, but I'll do it sooner, rather than later. My "alligator" (starting to look more like a florida every day) is about 6" long. Is it too soon to get him off of live? Suitable live food for him is very difficult to come by here, particuraly in the winter. He would get more consistent feedings if i could feed him chunks of shrimp and tilapia.
Your best bet would be to start offering prepared foods while still offering feeders. At this smaller size you don't want to starve the gar.
Do you think I'd be able to get a gar on prepared foods while I'm feeding my needlefish feeders?
