Gar + Oscar = ??????

[Lust34]

I currently have a 55 gallon long aquarium with 2 vail tail oscars they are both around 3-4 inches long and i have a spotted gar in a hospital tank now (i got him from pet supermarket for free i saw he was dying so i asked if i can just take him home all his fins were missing compleatly he could hardly swim and 3 to 4 weeks later his back fin is 100% and the two little fins in the front are starting to show so i basicly saved his life ^_^ oh hes about 4 inches long) well i wanted to know if it would be a good idea to put them together and what i have to do for them not to fight

and yes i know later on in the future i have to upgrade to a bigger tank im thinking 150 gallons *shruggs*

if i dont want them to fight if they are tell me what i have to do in order for them to get along

 

[channarox]

most would say cichlids + gar = no go.
but it really depends on the oscars.
i personally wouldnt do it.
what would be the dimensions of the 150?

 

[Lust34]

well i have to say i love the gar more than the oscars but i do love my oscars so it would kinda be heart breaking to have to get rid of them specially because i just got them not too long ago

the demensions of the 150 would be 72 x 18 x 28

theres no specific set up that i can do to the tank so they wont mess with eachother cause i dont wanna keep him in the hospital tak for that much longer i feel like im depriving him XD hes in a 5.5 gallon now =/

 

[channarox]

the answer is simple.......
get a tank for the gar and leave the oscars where they are!
better to get a tank with more width.
something like 2.5 to 3 feet width is good.

 

[Gnuhen]

hhhmmm... i have a albino oscar, and 4 gars in 1 tank.. and there never attacke each other... they mind their own business... they do join in for feasting time....

 

[ctoychik]

I have an oscar (full grown) living with fully grown alligator gars and RTCs. I guess it is temparament of individual fish and space availalbe.

Check out the still-alive oscar (for long time)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166873&page=3

PS: don't know if your oscars would pounce on your weakened gar though ... roll the dice!

 

[Polypterus]

I currently have a 55 gallon long aquarium with 2 vail tail oscars they are both around 3-4 inches long and i have a spotted gar in a hospital tank now (i got him from pet supermarket for free i saw he was dying so i asked if i can just take him home all his fins were missing compleatly he could hardly swim and 3 to 4 weeks later his back fin is 100% and the two little fins in the front are starting to show so i basicly saved his life ^_^ oh hes about 4 inches long) well i wanted to know if it would be a good idea to put them together and what i have to do for them not to fight

and yes i know later on in the future i have to upgrade to a bigger tank im thinking 150 gallons *shruggs*

if i dont want them to fight if they are tell me what i have to do in order for them to get along

First thing I have to say is at 4 inches the gar really would not have developed pectoral or ventral fins. This is actually normal...

second gar do not typically fight with anything. (Some Atractosteus behaviors aside) You are more likely to have something pick on a gar than one of them pick on it. there are exceptions....

Oscars are a bad idea and Veil tail oscars worse for other reasons than typical oscars are.. The Gar will in this case likely look at those bumbling deformed oscars and will most likely eventually see them as food.

Not a good mix and not something one can "train out" of the gar....

 

[ctoychik]

I have an oscar (full grown) living with fully grown alligator gars and RTCs. I guess it is temparament of individual fish and space availalbe.

Check out the still-alive oscar (for long time)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166873&page=3

PS: don't know if your oscars would pounce on your weakened gar though ... roll the dice!

Well, not "fully grown" gars adn RTCs cos these grow somemore, but they are fairly big already ^^

 

[Lust34]

First thing I have to say is at 4 inches the gar really would not have developed pectoral or ventral fins. This is actually normal...

second gar do not typically fight with anything. (Some Atractosteus behaviors aside) You are more likely to have something pick on a gar than one of them pick on it. there are exceptions....

Oscars are a bad idea and Veil tail oscars worse for other reasons than typical oscars are.. The Gar will in this case likely look at those bumbling deformed oscars and will most likely eventually see them as food.

Not a good mix and not something one can "train out" of the gar....

no the thing is i saw the gar when he first got to the store they put him in a tank with african cichlids and they compleatly messed him up badly within 3 days and thats when i said if i can just take him he was pretty bad i wish i had a pic to show a before and after

and hes not weak anymore ^_^

 

[Polypterus]

Do you have a photo of this "gar" at all or can you get one?