alligator gar size
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After 26-27"
They don't grow in length as much as they grow in girth
My biggest A. Spatula is almost 9 years old with me, he was in a 6'*1.5'*1.5' tank and was 21" when I rescued him from a local hobbyist
From then on there was a sudden surge of growth and he stopped at 33" and it has been a slow grow and last I measured him he was 38"
My smaller A. Spatula has been with me from 3", he is 4 years old, and is a decent 28"
They don't grow in length as much as they grow in girth
My biggest A. Spatula is almost 9 years old with me, he was in a 6'*1.5'*1.5' tank and was 21" when I rescued him from a local hobbyist
From then on there was a sudden surge of growth and he stopped at 33" and it has been a slow grow and last I measured him he was 38"
My smaller A. Spatula has been with me from 3", he is 4 years old, and is a decent 28"
if you over feed it then it can hit 3' from 4'' in 2 years or less, but that is unhealthy, can reduce the fish's life span and smaller potential max size.
Mine are at 32-33 inches and it's been only 9 months.. so 3 ft in one year is very very likely
LOL.. I can measure perfectly fine. Here is some reading material because even if I put a ruler next to my gars.. you would just simply think I am not honest with the amount of time it took me to grow them out. http://www.nicholls.edu/bayousphere/GraduateStudents/TClay/Clay Thesis.pdf