Not sure what your point is exactly. Nothing that your saying relates to florida gars in captivity in any way. Also don't get the point of the links, both again don't relate to the captive keeping of florida gars and both contain incorrect information to boot. So not sure how they are significant in this discussion.
That is true but my point was a Florida gar out of captivity can reach a max of 3foot plus.I know that in captivity they cannot become that big. Also most the stores in florida carry caught gars rather then captive breed and raised. But if you were to take a female wild gar and put it into a big enough pond,(still considered captivity) it does have potential to reach 3 foot. I have seen these monsters in bass pro shop in orlando. The other poster was arguing the fact that they will not exceed 2 foot which in reality in the wild 2 foot is just the minimum size of a Florida gar. I understand that over the years of constant breeding in tanks too small for them over generations and decades has yeild a gar that cannot grow to its full potential. Therefor creating the Hobbiest florida gar which will most likely max at less the 3 foot around 2 foot 4 inch. The only fact I was fighting about is that they can exceed 3 foot in the wild and with given wild like settings plus constant food everyday up intill the day it dies is how bass pro shop has such large gars. Therefor making my statement true.
As hung dang already stated most places acquire their dirplay animals at large sizes. Just because your seeing a large gar doesn't meen it was raised to that size in captivity. Have you actually looked into any data on wild florida gar populations. I'd suggest you do that. Average sizes that are caught are nowhere near the sizes that you are throwing around, and are not typical. And again wild sizes does not corelate with captive gars as far as max size.
I also want to point out that these gars are not bred in tanks. But limited genetic stock could result in smaller sizes.
Not sure where you got confused. Never said that they can't get 3' in the wild. As has already been addresses places like bass pro shop would receive their display fish at already large sizes.
How about this, why don't you look up how big arapaimag's floridas have grown in his 15,000 gallon. I can already tell you it's not 24"+.
Again I never mentioned wild fish, that was you. All my information has been relevant to keeping florida gars in captivity.
There are many members that have wild caught gars in their collections. Many of these entering the hobby at sizes ranging from 8 - 14". Thse gars, like those that are captive bred, max out in the 18-22" range. Nothing even approaching 24" from one that was not captured at that size already, nevermind the 3' that you keep mentioning.
