gars

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First 2 pics are of the same fish
3-5 is of old 1 eye
and the last 2 are of the other 1

I believe i have 1 longnoose, and 2 shortnoose.
But I'm not the best at iding gars.

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Its actully gotten alot better, barley any red left on his eye. Hes an amazing fish so peaceful and comes right up to the tank waiting for food :)
 
Polypterus;1097010; said:
First fish as expected is a longnosed.
Other two as expected are Shortnosed.

yup! i agree.

nice gar!
 
not sure, I bought 2 of them and the owner gave me the 1 eye for free ( only saw 2 in the tank ). I believe he lost it due to one of the gars during feeding time, but the owner had no clue.
 
Has anyone witnessed such acts of aggression between gars? I know Demjor houses different types together... I've heard gator gars are known to munch on other kinds of gars in the wild..
 
Most gar when young are highly cannibalistic..It would not be a surprise if the fish was attacked by a conspecific. Even when older they really do not hesitate to attack and try to feed on smaller gar.

There is also aside from actual feeding various types of social aggression that occurs in groups of gar that can regularly result in minor (or sometimes major) injury.
 
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