this gar caught my atention

[Mount_Prion]

it was this color a month ago when it arrive, it has been with me since saturday and still this color, i said it is tropical gar because i read this species is the more comon here in my state, but it is just a guess, it was living with another gars but the rest of them had spots all over their body.

Please post in-tank photos of it if you can.

 

[demewh2002]

it cost me like 24 dollars ( 300 mexican pesos) some years ago it was common to see gilas or even baby sea turtles in some pet stores in the markets, now thank God, Goberment is figthing againts the animal traffic very hard.

 

[demewh2002]

it was a food market, but these fish were in a pet store in the market, they were not for food, i have it in the plastic container you can see in the pictures, he has a filter and a heather, i hope to have money to buy an aquarium this weekend so i can take better pictures of it soon

 

[Aw3s0m3]

Woh woh woh! You bought the fish without even owning an aquarium?


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[demewh2002]

Woh woh woh! You bought the fish without even owning an aquarium?


Its very common here to have gars in plastic containers or even plastic pools in your garden, we have very good weather most of the year and the gars we find for sale are from lakes and rivers near here

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

I don't know crap about gars but I like it!

 

[demewh2002]

I don't know crap about gars but I like it!

I have own gars in the past but here is rare to see them in glass aquariums, they are very expensive, people have them in ponds, but i really liked thiss one so i will buy an aquarium for it

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

I thought you got it for only 24 bucks, if they're expensive, did you just happen upon a great deal?

 

[demewh2002]

I thought you got it for only 24 bucks, if they're expensive, did you just happen upon a great deal?

i meant, glass aquariums are very expensive here, gars are quite cheap, i dont know and what i wanted you guys to tell mi is if this gar is rare or just a variation of the gars from here that i have never seen

 

[Mount_Prion]

i meant, glass aquariums are very expensive here, gars are quite cheap, i dont know and what i wanted you guys to tell mi is if this gar is rare or just a variation of the gars from here that i have never seen

We'll need better photos to tell for sure.