A few things about gar

[AllFishAdrian]

Well, Im interested in keeping either a longnose gar or a florida gar. What is the tank size these guys need in all reality? What are good tank mates?

Also, I'd like to mention what a pain in the ass gator gar are when fishing (florida resident) never thought I'd like gar to keep because of them, so many lost set ups xD

 

[japaneseboi]

long nose gar get big... i'd go with a florida or a spotted they tend to stay under 2 feet

 

[E_americanus]

Well, Im interested in keeping either a longnose gar or a florida gar. What is the tank size these guys need in all reality? What are good tank mates?

Also, I'd like to mention what a pain in the ass gator gar are when fishing (florida resident) never thought I'd like gar to keep because of them, so many lost set ups xD

where are you fishing in FL that you are catching gator gars? your location says south FL (although clearly you can fish anywhere outside your location too), gator gars are pretty uncommon in Florida and actually only cross over slightly into the panhandle (see gar distributions by species on lepisosteidae.net), so if you are fishing in peninsular FL you would be catching Florida and longnose gars, not gators--
--solomon

 

[Madding]

long nose gar get big... i'd go with a florida or a spotted they tend to stay under 2 feet

YOY Longnoses in captivity, from what I've seen, very rarely reach sizes bigger than Florida gars. Big specimens are caught, but small ones seem to not grow as much compared to other gars.

My opinion-

 

[japaneseboi]

YOY Longnoses in captivity, from what I've seen, very rarely reach sizes bigger than Florida gars. Big specimens are caught, but small ones seem to not grow as much compared to other gars.

My opinion-

ohh okay thanks for clarification i always thought that long nose gars are one of the bigger species of gars..

 

[Madding]

ohh okay thanks for clarification i always thought that long nose gars are one of the bigger species of gars..

In the wild they are.