i just throw in hot dogs and see if the gars take those...
...but really, nice to provide several feeding options for those interested (and what should be practiced) in getting gars on to non-live foods. i agree that fish for fish longnoses have been challenging for me in the past, but a few of the recent specimens i have had have really taken to non-live quite well...i think another aspect to add to this collection of options is that gars will often make the switch even faster/more aggressively if there are other gars already trained (or just in the process of training) in the tank along with them. this sort of fish learning from fish happens with a lot of different species--
--solomon
