When I was about 10 I am 16 now, we always use to go to Canada. We went ever since I was born(just stopped recently though). We use to catch small fish by the docks, and I caught I baby gar once and put another guppy with it and they gar ate the guppy almost instantly. So ever since then I have wanted a gar cause I like there look and teeth. So I was wondering what is minimum tank size for gar and maybe even gar look a likes or close relatives to them. Can anyone help?
Gar Keeping
- Thread starter fishy12
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well a needle nose gar can fit in a 75 gallon tank. Alligator gars and Florida gars need like over 100 gallons.... you could buy like 2 needle nose gars and keep them in a 75 gallon.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=372360
definately check out the link above, and be back when you have more specific questions
definately check out the link above, and be back when you have more specific questions
fishy12;4802526; said:
The minimum aquarium size for the most commonly available gar in captivity, the Florida gar, is 180 gallons. The spotted gar requires the same aquarium size, but true spotted gars are hard to find in the aquarium trade. All of the other gar species will require aquariums much larger than 180 gallons.
I recommend that you read this guide; it will give you more specific information on the captive care of the different species of gars (EDIT: it seems that Xander beat me to posting the link to the guide
).Bowfin are the closest relatives of the gars, but they bare little resemblance as far as external appearance goes.
fish 4 life;4802545; said:
The needle nose "gar" isn't a true gar, but it's about as close to a true gar as you can get as far as appearance goes without actually getting a true gar.
Wiggles92;4802582; said:The minimum aquarium size for the most commonly available gar in captivity, the Florida gar, is 180 gallons. The spotted gar requires the same aquarium size, but true spotted gars are hard to find in the aquarium trade. All of the other gar species will require aquariums much larger than 180 gallons.
I recommend that you read this guide; it will give you more specific information on the captive care of the different species of gars (EDIT: it seems that Xander beat me to posting the link to the guide
Bowfin are the closest relatives of the gars, but they bare little resemblance as far as external appearance goes.
The needle nose "gar" isn't a true gar, but it's about as close to a true gar as you can get as far as appearance goes without actually getting a true gar.
may also want to qualify what you mean by "minimum tank size" for the gar comments. the stepping-up technique is what i would recommend in most cases, and so one wouldn't start at YOY FLG in a 180g. also, a 120g wide could work for an FLG, depends on the individual.--
--solomon
E_americanus;4802620; said:
fishy12;4802676; said:
The stepping-up technique that Solomon mentioned allows for the gar to have room to swim and such as it grows. A young of the year (YOY) gar in that's under 6" shouldn't be kept in too large of an aquarium; a 20 gallon long or 29 gallon could house a small YOY gar for quite some time.