15 alligator gar
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demjor19;1061895; said:
i saved the image and zoomed in a bit...the initial pic makes the snout look a lot longer than it probably really is, relative to the body. that and it's a pretty thick fish too...hence i revised what i said within a few seconds
E_americanus;1061900; said:i saved the image and zoomed in a bit...the initial pic makes the snout look a lot longer than it probably really is, relative to the body. that and it's a pretty thick fish too...hence i revised what i said within a few seconds
lol! the angle of the fish does throw off the proportions a bit. so are we going w/ florida/spotted on this one?
demjor19;1061904; said:
i would say so...would be a very unusual longnose otherwise...i think we can get polypterus' opinion to help seal the deal
you guys are to good to us!!!E_americanus;1061889; said:looks a lot like a Florida/spotted, but has an unusually long snout given this picture angle...tough one, and a better pic would help. definitely NOT an alligator gar
will take a look at this a bit more and get back--
--solomon
Ditto the above, it is likely a Florida / spotted..Maybe a Shortnose??? I doubt it but maybe..Not a Longnose or any Atractosteus species..
Edit: looked at it blown up.. Not a short in any way I would go Spotted / Florida...One of those two...
Cool fish go get it ermgravy
ok wicked thanks guys!!! i think i will definitely give em a call first thing 2mo.... nelly if u do want them then i will back out! Poly: following the discussion we had the other day, what were the formentioned changes ideally required to house a Florida with more aggressive tank mates? tank mates in question are, 2 silver dats, a few cichlids, a poly, few plecs, tyretrack and a black aro.... rowdiest cichld is a 4" yellow lab... but only ever seen him be a nob to other cichlids... normal he then gets owned by the other party.....
Thanks again guys!!!
Thanks again guys!!!
ermgravy;1062132; said:
how big is the tank? cichlids are never really a great tankmate for gars, usually due to the cichlids' aggressive nature, but a 4" cichlid would quickly be outgrown by a Florida gar and then eventually eaten or killed off by said gar (unless the cichlid grew at the same or similar rate of the gar).
plecos and gars are (most of the time) not a good combo either because of plecos habits of slime sucking, which can often be fatal to gars (and bichirs for that matter).
eel should be fine, provided it's an unaggressive individual and about the same size as the gar, give or take. the black arow can be hit or miss, although i've kept this combo successfully, but it depends on the individual...i've kept a big black arow with a decent sized shortnose (most skittish of gar species) and they did just fine, so a more stable Florida/spotted would hopefully do just as well, provided the black arow is unaggressive.
sorry for butting in since this was more or less originally aimed at polypterus, but i wanted to put off doing real, actual work for a few more minutes, so i couldnt resist
----solomon
