gar with wolf?

[Chef Lublin]

would it be a good idea to house a short nose gar with a wolf in a 150 gal? both around the same length

 

[Gar keeper]

would it be a good idea to house a short nose gar with a wolf in a 150 gal? both around the same length

I have no input on this, wait for the others.

 

[Languistic]

My buddy keeps two common wolves with a florida in a 150 seems to be doing fine for the past 3 months

 

[xander]

I have no input on this, wait for the others.

usually when this is the case one just doesn't post...

to the ts, no it is not a good idea. wolves are rather aggressive, im taking you are intending to mix mala, it's bad for 2 reasons, 1, the psycho profile of the shortnose gar would place it in constant danger of spooking, thanks to having an aggressive tankmate like a mala. 2, there is a good chance that the mala might decide to take a bite out of the gar(or any other fish for that matter) and these "bites" are usually fatal.

 

[King-eL]

I have no clue on what's the temperament of a shortnose gar is, but I have a florida gar and longnose gar with a mala. The gar don't even bother wolf or vise versa. Mala don;t bother other similar size fish unless they are being challenge to a fight which is very slim to a gar.

 

[xander]

from the man himself...

I tend to think other gar are the best and ideal tankmates.. Things to avoid are Ciclids, large cats, silver fish, Plecos, synodontis cats and any generally annoying animal with a bad temper. (I.E. Australian aros, wolf fish, African lungfish Etc.)

Obviously anything either smaller or larger, whatever it is, is also iffy...It will eat them or they eat it...

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155307&highlight=wolf

 

[channarox]

if you never try you never know.IMO.
wolves have a bad reputation for being nasty.
ive personally only had ONE bad tempered mala out of the many ive had.
and i have kept them with gars amongst other things.
i personally treat malas like bichirs.
it always is a risk since when malas get nasty they can and will kill other fish,but if youre willing to risk it,go for it.

 

[Chef Lublin]

so far i have the wolf in alone, and he seems to be very mild...He even shares his cave with a placo lol ^_^