Gar ID Please!!

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Is anyone familiar with belonesox- i saw them for the first time and bought a male and female on impulse -
I now know they need live food-
ANy other info would be great looked on internet - some confusing info - should they be kept as pairs or in small schools - what make up
russgiambrone@aim.com
 
4kidsnomoney;1542810; said:
Is anyone familiar with belonesox- i saw them for the first time and bought a male and female on impulse -
I now know they need live food-
ANy other info would be great looked on internet - some confusing info - should they be kept as pairs or in small schools - what make up
russgiambrone@aim.com
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My LFS had these,i was told to watch out for the female as they grow larger than the males and tend to eat the males.Also they can be quite aggressive towards tankmates.They also need to be fed several times a day.:headbang2
 
Definitely a pike-characin head. I lived around florida, spotted, and alligator gar; they have a distinct gar head. Anyone selling fish should be able to properly recognize at least that. In addition to poor recognition skills, this guy seems like a bad salesman too! Aren't you glad you asked a bunch of know-it-all fish geeks (meant as a compliment to all of us here!)?
 
4kidsnomoney;1542810; said:
Is anyone familiar with belonesox- i saw them for the first time and bought a male and female on impulse -
I now know they need live food-
ANy other info would be great looked on internet - some confusing info - should they be kept as pairs or in small schools - what make up
russgiambrone@aim.com
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I have a pair, yes the internet says they only eat live but with a weeks starving mine eat market shrimp. Yes the female may eat the male but only when full grown 8" and 4-5" respectively and this can be sorted by feeding more and they eat a lot!! they alsoscrap when mating my female always has a few scars in the morning. The babies are born at about 0.5" and are cannibalistic from the get go and the parents wont turn down a baby as a meal. Self regulating populations only wish guppies would do that.
 
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