Cool Pickup!!!

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so that means i can say something? :D anyway nice pick up!
ps. and no richard and solomon didn't tell me anything...
 
Infblue;1757283; said:
so that means i can say something? :D anyway nice pick up!
ps. and no richard and solomon didn't tell me anything...
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lol! i bought it as longnosed alligator gar! :ROFL: i'll assume you know what it is!
 
shorty!!! awesome looks great! i want a longnosed alligator gar too!!
 
another quick pic...

Note: this fish is very malnurished. i am going to start working with them today to see if i can get them off of live foods and onto shrimp and smelt. the shorty seems like it may be more of a challenge.

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looked like a gator for a second good lookin gar
 
nice short nosed gar
 
thanks guys! i'm still trying to get this fish to feed on prepared foods w/ no luck. he wont even look at food! i've tried dropping the food in and i've tried using a feeding stick...

richard, do you have any tricks for getting these fish feeding? i think you mentioned before that shortnose were one of the tougher gar to get off of live foods. it looks as if it hasnt eaten for at least a month...probably two.

thanks,
 
demjor19;1760128; said:
thanks guys! i'm still trying to get this fish to feed on prepared foods w/ no luck. he wont even look at food! i've tried dropping the food in and i've tried using a feeding stick...

richard, do you have any tricks for getting these fish feeding? i think you mentioned before that shortnose were one of the tougher gar to get off of live foods. it looks as if it hasnt eaten for at least a month...probably two.

thanks,
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Given the fish is two years old you are in for one tough conversion that is really going to require the Famous Phrase "Patience and persistence".. With luck though it will see that your other gars are eating well and then want to take food from them. In this case it may quickly turn around. Shorty's are naturally pretty competitive fish so that little switch might just go off that tells it "Hell no you ain't eating that if I'm here"... (Immediately afterwards the "shred every fin in the tank" switch will go off...)

Still though I would highly suggest you start by just getting some food in the fish. Go to the local bait store and pick up some big minnows and let him stuff himself. Try to drop the fish one at a time at the surface just to get him used to "food comes from above".. I would not try to starve this fish in it's current condition.

BTW it is a good chance you will not get the fish to take food from a stick.. Shortys are quite paranoid and if not trained this way at a very young age they will always view objects they can not ID with distrust. Still worth trying and continuing to try though. Employing As many different methods as possible will lead to the eventual success..

Edit: I think your gill curl situation may correct it self with improved feeding and water quality. Tough to say though as this has persisted in a few Tropicals and the cause and direct cure seems to be elusive. Surgery is not recommended at this time. These fish are not Aros and we are not sure about how this will effect the fish as no trials have been conducted as of yet with these fish...
 
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