Hello I have a young gar, and in the last couple weeks his lateral stripe has begun to disappear and his green color is turning light brown or bronze. is this an ailment or just the natural growth?
Gar Losing Color
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What species of gar is it? The change in coloration may be normal depending on which species you are keeping.
P.S.-- No one state the blatantly obvious problem that's unrelated to the OP's question; let's see if they can figure it out.
if youre talking about the Antioch CA thing i know its very confusing for people to understand but i move often between Foley AL and Antioch CA. We are in the process of moving to Foley and that is where i have my lovely fish. He was sold to me as a gator gar although i have my suspicions. I posted pics of him in the Gar ID thread a few months ago and most said prolly a florida.
Okay, I had to see if you realized what I was hinting at there, and I'm glad to hear that it's being kept legally.
The color change is to be expected since its a Florida gar because they lose their juvenile stripes as the get older and develop a very nice green spotted pattern.
Okay, I had to see if you realized what I was hinting at there, and I'm glad to hear that it's being kept legally.
The color change is to be expected since its a Florida gar because they lose their juvenile stripes as the get older and develop a very nice green spotted pattern.
true but all species of gars go through pattern/and color change through their development (ontogeny). an alternative explanation for this case, however, is that it's one of those rare gar x chameleon hybrids--
--solomon
Yes, that is a valid point, but I am certain that the gar in question it is definitely a Florida gar after reviewing the picture of it from the gar I.D. thread.
As for the gar x chameleon hybrid theory, one can only dream of acquiring such a fantastic hybrid (although I'm sure that you and Richard each have a dozen between the two of you
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Yes, that is a valid point, but I am certain that the gar in question it is definitely a Florida gar after reviewing the picture of it from the gar I.D. thread.
As for the gar x chameleon hybrid theory, one can only dream of acquiring such a fantastic hybrid (although I'm sure that you and Richard each have a dozen between the two of you
i understand the cross-reference to the ID thread...i definitely didn't look there and i doubt everyone did...my highlight was meant to clarify that it didn't change pattern like that just because it's a FLG...ALL gars change pattern (some more drastically than others) therefore pattern change (even of the sort you mentioned) shouldn't be considered diagnostic of the species. those reading this thread (and not other threads in the forum...we already know hardly anyone reads the pinned topics) may take the post as diagnostic of FLG pattern change--
--solomon