I just got an 11'' florida gar and I am wondering what to feed him. I usually go w/ guppies for my oscars and pacus because i find feeder goldfish to be dirty. I found another pet store that seems to have some clean goldfish but dont know if I should go that route. I throw tetras in for feeders as well but that gets rather pricey.
What to feed my new 11'' florida gar?
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aside frm any live feeders, you can also feed prawns or shrimp or anything meaty, just make sure that the gars get food, as their boisterious tankmates such as oscars will likely out compete them for food. another note, oscars and pacu are generally bad tankmates for gars.
gangster;1729532; said:
some pacu can be very aggressive therefore they may injure the gar. my mix has been working great. all i do is divide them at feeding time to keep the pacu calm (she gets very excited during feedings). i dont recommend mixing them, but they may be ok together as long as you take the proper precautions and keep a VERY close eye on them.
also...younger pacu do tend to be more aggressive than the adults, so you will want to be very carefull. i would also suggest keeping your pacu on a fruit, veggie, and nut diet. people claim that feeding them feeders and meats contributes to their aggression.
My pacus arent really aggressive..The oscars run the tank. but the pacus arent scared to swim up in front of the oscars and steal their food. My pacus seem pretty calm. They mainly eat large cichlid pellats. Ive had 4 calls for my oscars in a couple hours...They were taken in the first twenty minutes...gettin picked up tommorow.
I am a big fisherman and actually have started feeding mine the uncooked scraps from sturgeon, salmon, and other fish. my 18" Spotted absolutely digs the sturgeon. I figure it is a whole lot healthier to feed good quality scraps then crappy feeders.
is there such a thing as scraps from a sturgeon? I've never heard of such a thing.. Every bit of them is usable and in much better ways than fish food IMHO...Each their own though and it is a hell of a lot better than feeders...
In Oregon you can only keep one sturgeon between 48"-60". I usually get it packaged and when it has been in the freezer for more than about 4 months the parts closest to the crease areas where the bones are turns a different color and begins to taste more fishy. I love sturgeon becuase it is more sharky then fishy. Between my wife and we usually bring home about 50lbs of package sturgeon.