Florida gar care

[wright4lfe]

what kind of gar is that above your florida gar demjor19? i recently picked one up at about 6in but all it said on the tank at the lfs was gar.

 

[eman b115]

a florida gar will reach 20+ inches w/out any problem in captivity. they grow at roughly an inch a month.

20+ inches??.. is that max length?? I thought they got bigger than that.....

 

[aro-man]

WOW!!! i WILL be getting one after a pic like THAT! probably won't look like it though but still

 

[demjor19]

what kind of gar is that above your florida gar demjor19? i recently picked one up at about 6in but all it said on the tank at the lfs was gar.

the one above the florida is a spotted pike characin. not a gar at all.

 

[demjor19]

20+ inches??.. is that max length?? I thought they got bigger than that.....

they can get larger, but that is the average as far as ive heard. i think mine is 17" now.

 

[Zaminpirlo]

Ive had mine about three - four weeks now and it used stay at the top and now it just stays on the bottom and doesnt move at all, Is this Normal!?

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

does it still go up for air?
does it eat?
if both are yes then yes this is completly normal

 

[ViperCLKGTR]

Ive had mine about three - four weeks now and it used stay at the top and now it just stays on the bottom and doesnt move at all, Is this Normal!?

I refer to Gar as lazy fish lol

Gar have a personnality like no other fish sometimes they will spend days on the bottom just kinda laying there chiling out and then the next day darting fro one side to the other having fun. Don't even play when it's feeding time though

 

[crowxviii]

i have a gar with the same behavior as Zaminpirlo's.
But it does go up for air and eats my feeders. I guess its just normal... His spots are becoming more visible now at 5 inches.

 

[ViperCLKGTR]

Holy crap demjor that is one of the best looking color patterns on a FL I've seen