alligator gar size

[Lemonhaus]

Interesting fish. I've only kept mine for 6 weeks. Bought 2 gators on 6th Feb around 5 inches long. By early March they were 7 inches. Got another longnose last week which is smaller than them. All 3 are currently in a 4 foot 120G tank. Will be moving them to the 8 foot fiberglass tank by end of this year.

 

[vincentwugwg]

So I recently moved 2 of my platinum gars into their new home. The larger one measured 38 inches and the smaller one measured 36 inches. Hopefully they will hit 42 inches by the end of this year. I now can feed freely and not have to worry about them outgrowing this tank for the next few years. The tank is 19ft x 8ft x 3.5ft. My only regret is not building a taller tank. The spatulas need at least a 6ft tall tank. Here is a video of the gars and their tank. Once the filters are fully operational (only the Ultima is running) the rest of the gang will join these guys (3 more platinum spatulas and another SB spatula). I hope you guys enjoy this video.

 

[vincentwugwg]

I appears my gars are still growing at an alarming rate... my biggest gar is 48 inches +, that means it has grown over 10 inches in the past 8 months. Here is a video from 3 months ago... the biggest gar was already 48 inches at the time of the video.

 

[Chub_by]

Holy cow Vince.. I too thought they grew much slower since TL has always had his in large ponds and they took several years to reach 40" but yours are growing like weeds.. and they look insane, too

 

[miksha_]

wow!

 

[tlindsey]

wow!

+1

 

[Ohlins]

vincentwugwg Hi Vincent, kind of off topic but, whats the difference between snow gars and platinum gars, I also noticed that some of these white/platinum gars have spots on their tails, do they go away when they get larger? thank you.

 

[vincentwugwg]

vincentwugwg Hi Vincent, kind of off topic but, whats the difference between snow gars and platinum gars, I also noticed that some of these white/platinum gars have spots on their tails, do they go away when they get larger? thank you.

snow gars are just a higher grade fish... better colors when younger but once they get over 3ft.. I think it would be hard to tell the snow vs. A grade apart. And yes most of the black spots on the tails will go away once they are bigger.

 

[AR1]

snow gars are just a higher grade fish... better colors when younger but once they get over 3ft.. I think it would be hard to tell the snow vs. A grade apart. And yes most of the black spots on the tails will go away once they are bigger.

any updates?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

AR1 Vince hasn't had these gars for years now. He downsized a lot, almost left the hobby versus his prior volumes. He plans to come back bigger and better with a lazy river exhibit.