documenting my Alligators growth rate (w/pics)

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Very nice growth rate. I had two that a friend of mine gave me at about 5". In a year and a half they were 3 feet long! They grow ridiculously fast. I fed mine shrimp and catfish nuggets, as well as the occasional feeders to keep them in shape. lol
 
I didnt think that he would switch over as fast seeing my Florida took weeks I figured it would be at least a few days. The only reason I didn't switch him sooner was because I wanted him to have a constant access to food while small.
 
mqktandy;4802500; said:
I didnt think that he would switch over as fast seeing my Florida took weeks I figured it would be at least a few days. The only reason I didn't switch him sooner was because I wanted him to have a constant access to food while small.
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yeah that constant access to food technique is what i use with most gars when they are young...feeding non-live early on is great if you have the time to do so several times over the course of the day, however, at early stages it works well to just leave them with a bunch of feeders and replenish as necessary until they get to be about 4-6"...nothing wrong with experimenting with non-live in the mean time of course.

and gator gars are somewhat unique compared to the other species in that they are total garbage disposals...individuals of other gar species will convert fast here and there, but as a species, gators convert faster than the rest by far--
--solomon
 
E_americanus when you have raises gator gars what kind of growth rate did you experience
 
E_americanus;4802609; said:
yeah that constant access to food technique is what i use with most gars when they are young...feeding non-live early on is great if you have the time to do so several times over the course of the day, however, at early stages it works well to just leave them with a bunch of feeders and replenish as necessary until they get to be about 4-6"...nothing wrong with experimenting with non-live in the mean time of course.

and gator gars are somewhat unique compared to the other species in that they are total garbage disposals...individuals of other gar species will convert fast here and there, but as a species, gators convert faster than the rest by far--
--solomon
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for some reason i found the phrase in green to be exceedingly funny:ROFL:
 
mqktandy;4796553; said:
The tank he is in right now is a 100gal. I have stopped supplying him with goldfish and will start getting him on frozen foods.

Nextstep for him will be the 12x6x3 1500gal which should last a few years until I expand it to 12x12 as I designed it to be modular wich should last at least 3 more years. I'm still in the design/savings stage for the final tank ;)
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12x6x3 will last you a very long time. can't wait for that build to start!
 
He's eating about 2-3 large shrimp a day. I feed him in the morning and than again when I get home about 6pm
 
Nice thread and grow rate, i thought my F/gars growth was good but dam gators gars are in a league of there own. Congrats
 
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