gar tankmates

[demjor19]

so i got to 2 gars for free and threw um in there they were bout the same size but i guess i should stuffed my Oscars first cuz one instantly got eaten and i scoped the other one out lol opps good thing they were free

you were warned about it...now what are you going to do with the second one?? Good thing they were free?? wow, you care about your fish...

 

[demjor19]

what do you guys think of peacock bass w/ gars? I see recks has a few of them w/ his gars....whats you take on it....guys and girls?

lol from my experiences id make sure the gars are bigger and introduce them first but the p bass cant be to small cuz the gar could eat the bass too

from your experience?? What experience?? You put 2 gar in with your fish for a day and one gets eaten?? thats your experience??

Like Bsixxx said, pbass can be aggressive during feeding so it may be hard to get the food to the gar.

 

[danzx23]

well the others in a tank by its self but there wild cought i can get spotted and short noes gars all day in the rivers around me yea i like the gars but sorry im not going to cry about one getting eating it happens all the time in the wild i just hope my Oscar doesn't get sick but at least the gar looked healthy

 

[danzx23]

o and ive been bow fishing gar for the last 3 years so i know a lil about gars maybe not in a tank but i know gars almost always out eat the lg mouth bass around here which is y there considered a nuisance fish now lg mouths are a lil more lazy and slower but both are bass and if you feed your fish enough there shouldn't be a problem besides size differences or space issues

 

[demjor19]

o and ive been bow fishing gar for the last 3 years so i know a lil about gars maybe not in a tank but i know gars almost always out eat the lg mouth bass around here which is y there considered a nuisance fish now lg mouths are a lil more lazy and slower but both are bass and if you feed your fish enough there shouldn't be a problem besides size differences or space issues

so...your "experience" is you killing the same fish that everyone on here enjoys keeping? How does that qualify you to give Gar keeping advice?

 

[xander]

wow bow fishing. i suppose you can learn a lot about an animal from how it struggles to keep breathing while you stick bits of metal into them.

 

[danzx23]

i enjoy all types fishing activtys as well as fish keeping where do you think all these fish ur keeping origanly came from? and watching a fish in its naturel environment can give you alot more information then then one stuck in a tank not even close to size where it would naturely live

 

[danzx23]

and im not claiming to be a exspert i just gave my opion like you guys

 

[demjor19]

i enjoy all types fishing activtys as well as fish keeping where do you think all these fish ur keeping origanly came from? and watching a fish in its naturel environment can give you alot more information then then one stuck in a tank not even close to size where it would naturely live

i also spend a ton of time fishing...catch and release mostly, so i have very good grasp on how they behave in the wild. i'm very well aware of where these fish come from.

 

[dwilliams0212]

I woudnt try it.