gar question?

[redbellyPirahna4]

some of my buddies told me that i should get a small gator gar or a different type a gar to go into my 210 once set up.
wat type of gar would work out in my 210gallon tank the stocking is gonna be 5 orino pbass close to 5inch, a tsn close to 5inch, a silver aro close to 8-9inch and i think a gar would look nice in that setup but i am not sure i it would work out good

 

[city_of_evil6661]

if you get a gar then ditch the pbass and the TSN. pbass will stress the gar. i have seen it work with many people but sometimes it can equal disaster. and catfish just arent good tankmates for gar at all.

 

[demjor19]

You'll be overloaded with the stock you have listed in no time. I would do some serious thinking/researching over what you really want in the tank. just because the fish are small now doesnt mean they'll still be in a year.

 

[pwmin]

I agree (especially on the overcrowding and p-bass). However, my Florida/Spotted (which I hear is the best "beginner" gar) is doing great w/ a Parachromis loisellei, Oscar, Lima shovelnose and others, but it doesn't usually work out from what I've heard.

 

[zakeel]

first you should find out if there legal because in washington there illegal but anyway
that sounds find i did it with a spotted gar and it came out fine when i did myn i had two big catfish a rtc and a redtailcat shovel noseand they never bothered him because he was on the top all the time.it was fine until my clown knife took a chunk out of his throught ,but my catfish were all ready 2 feet long in a 180 so ull be fine
with the gator in a tank that big

 

[demjor19]

I agree (especially on the overcrowding and p-bass). However, my Florida/Spotted (which I hear is the best "beginner" gar) is doing great w/ a Parachromis loisellei, Oscar, Lima shovelnose and others, but it doesn't usually work out from what I've heard.

It only takes one bad instance for a 'high risk' tankmate to kill our badly injure the gar...trust me!

first you should find out if there legal because in washington there illegal but anyway
that sounds find i did it with a spotted gar and it came out fine when i did myn i had two big catfish a rtc and a redtailcat shovel noseand they never bothered him because he was on the top all the time.it was fine until my clown knife took a chunk out of his throught ,but my catfish were all ready 2 feet long in a 180 so ull be fine
with the gator in a tank that big

Illinois is in the native range for a few gar species. I doubt there would be any legality issues.