Gars laying on the bottom?

[headbanger_jib]

i fee them dried shrimp
tadpoles
earthworms
small frogs
pellets
food sticks
so i think you could try the above

 

[channarox]

just starve them and they will take most meaty foods or pellets.
yes they are longnose.
ive seen gars rest at the top of bottom.
its normal.
btw,hujetas and needlenose gars and NOT gars.

 

[Polypterus]

just starve them and they will take most meaty foods or pellets.

Sure and go ahead and kill the fish.... 5 to 6 inch longnosed should never be starved. Just keep offering it feeders along with whatever else you have around. (Market shrimp, strips of white fleshed fish, pellets etc.) When the fish is larger you can be a bit more aggressive in getting it on other foods but until then do make sure it is well fed and growing fast.

 

[E_americanus]

Sure and go ahead and kill the fish.... 5 to 6 inch longnosed should never be starved. Just keep offering it feeders along with whatever else you have around. (Market shrimp, strips of white fleshed fish, pellets etc.) When the fish is larger you can be a bit more aggressive in getting it on other foods but until then do make sure it is well fed and growing fast.

completely agree.

including creative smiley usage--
--solomon

 

[catfishlover106]

completely agree.

including creative smiley usage--
--solomon

ok so i tried some raw shrimp pieces and none of them took it...and pellets so right now im going to get some earthworms at the local baitshop

 

[E_americanus]

ok so i tried some raw shrimp pieces and none of them took it...and pellets so right now im going to get some earthworms at the local baitshop

earthworms may work, but you would have to cut them up...gars are sometimes confused by worms since they have an odd shape for a small gar to take. i would suggest pieces of raw fish, or whole frozen silversides. you can make them 'move' for the gar by sticking them on the end of a piece of rigid acrylic tubing (or any other plastic stick)...this often works to entice the gars to strike--
--solomon

 

[channarox]

Sure and go ahead and kill the fish.... 5 to 6 inch longnosed should never be starved. Just keep offering it feeders along with whatever else you have around. (Market shrimp, strips of white fleshed fish, pellets etc.) When the fish is larger you can be a bit more aggressive in getting it on other foods but until then do make sure it is well fed and growing fast.

i had no problems starving small gars for one or two days.

 

[catfishlover106]

earthworms may work, but you would have to cut them up...gars are sometimes confused by worms since they have an odd shape for a small gar to take. i would suggest pieces of raw fish, or whole frozen silversides. you can make them 'move' for the gar by sticking them on the end of a piece of rigid acrylic tubing (or any other plastic stick)...this often works to entice the gars to strike--
--solomon

ohh nice idea! i'll try using a piece of stick with a chopped worm in the end

 

[Polypterus]

i had no problems starving small gars for one or two days.

1. Not feeding them for a day or two is NOT starving them, it is fasting them, and why bother doing either? it is not needed, advised or required. Small gar should not be "starved" they should be stuffed....always....

2. Your post merely says starve them it does not clarify the span of time that it is safe to fast them. Nor does it offer any useful detail aside from this..Starving them is not good advice nor is it the best way to keep a small gar alive...

 

[Polypterus]

ohh nice idea! i'll try using a piece of stick with a chopped worm in the end

When doing that try some thin slivers or fish and shrimp also. He might just take it right off especially after a worm piece or two.