The cubans probably think the same toward phoenix barbs and mahseer.
After 3 months in the 4500g we lost our original male phoenix, which was one of the three that Wesley Wong transferred to us in 2015. I am not entirely sure about the reason. On the surface, the gars, or likely the biggest cuban gar, bit the phoenix at least 4 times, leaving patches of scales missing. Two bites have healed up. The 3rd was healing when the 4th major bite occurred all in the same general area toward the tail. The fish hasn't recovered after the last bite and died seemingly from stress.
Probably overall cyprinids are not safe with large gar, even if they are far bigger than the gar.
15yo 2.5ft 20lb
After 3 months in the 4500g we lost our original male phoenix, which was one of the three that Wesley Wong transferred to us in 2015. I am not entirely sure about the reason. On the surface, the gars, or likely the biggest cuban gar, bit the phoenix at least 4 times, leaving patches of scales missing. Two bites have healed up. The 3rd was healing when the 4th major bite occurred all in the same general area toward the tail. The fish hasn't recovered after the last bite and died seemingly from stress.
Probably overall cyprinids are not safe with large gar, even if they are far bigger than the gar.
15yo 2.5ft 20lb
