well i have been keeping gar, large mouth bass, northern pike, walleye, and gamefish like that for a while now and have only encountered parasites due to feeding them live fish (goldfish,fatheads,etc.) only maybe 3 times. so anyway one of my spotted gar who is now about 12 inches long has a parasite due to some fatheads i fed him about a week or so ago. so I am now trying to feed him other things that aren't live fish because i want to rid him of his parasite. I have tried worms, blood worm cubes, krill, and fillets of perch he doesn't except none of them. what else should i try crickets? silversides?
any other food suggestions???
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what about small prawns you can get from the super market thats all ready peeled. if it dosnt work dont feed them any thing for couple of days. i did that to my clown knife fish got them on tropical flakes
try silversides, my gars love it. try holding it in the water and moe it around. the gar might just snap at it. if not drop it in front of your gar.
and maknobi86, dont want to sound like a flamer, but clown knife on flakes might not be a good idea. how big is your clown?
and maknobi86, dont want to sound like a flamer, but clown knife on flakes might not be a good idea. how big is your clown?
u got a parasite? how can u tell?
if u actually got a parasite from a feeder, u got the worst feeders in the history
if u actually got a parasite from a feeder, u got the worst feeders in the history
gars are pretty resistant to parasites. like Lep said, those are some bad feeders hehe. i would quarantine them for 2 weeks with a little salt and parasite guard and gut load them before feeding them to your fish.
my arowana wasnt eating but then i bought some crickets from a local pet shop and fed them carrots over night and fed one to my arowana and he loved it. Mabye it will work for you gar too. The reason i feed them carrots is because i heard that it gives them nutrients.