Thanks. I'll try to get some updated pics tonight. The gar in the pics above is super dark now, even his whole belly has turned almost pure black. I got a second florida gar on saturday, but he's a lot lighter than my first one. He is darkening up as well though.
Added black sand...
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The bass completely left the gar alone. However, this past weekend I traded the 2 pbass for another florida gar. I liked them a lot, but they were gonna outgrow that tank sooner rather than later. I'll have a bit more time with the gar in this tank. Was too busy to get pics tonight, I'll try to do it tomorrow.
Looks sweet I hope you have better luck than i did with the tahitian sand. I put the white sand in my 125 loved the way it looked but it was too fine.I had to be very careful during water changes. I now have an AC110 and 2 Emporer 400's making a lot of noise. I've cleaned them out I'm hoping it's just the impellers. Needless to say I pulled all the sand out last night. I wish you a lot of luck.
I washed pretty much all the fines out of the sand, all that's left are the larger grains. When I put it in the tank, it didn't even cloud it up a bit.
Plus, I use a sump, and my filter bag will catch anything that goes through the plumbing before it gets to the pumps.
Plus, I use a sump, and my filter bag will catch anything that goes through the plumbing before it gets to the pumps.
Here are some updated pics of the tank. Inhabitants: 2 Florida gar, 1 Indo datnoid, 1 Red Snook, 1 Venezuelan pike cichlid. Everyone is happily eating freeze dried krill now (and testing pellets) except for my original Florida gar. He's a stubborn little bugger, but I'll get him soon. No more feeders till he starts eating krill...
