Garspotting: The Next Generation...

[jlnguyen74]

spotted gar if im not wrong

You're a GENIUS, Hao!!

just a quick pic update of the next stage of the spotted gar project that Richard and I are working on...

 

[E_americanus]

That pic is amazing, Sol!!! Great work. Was it a camera shot or a microscope capture?

thanks phil (et al), that pic was actually a "super macro" shot made with a standard point-and-shoot camera. i am hoping to get better ones of the larvae/fry/juveniles at their present state in the near future. they have very well-developed snouts at this state and truly look like mini-gars. the biggest ones are just over 1" long at this point. hopefully pics up by tomorrow!--
--solomon

 

[famous323]

wow congrats man odd indeed!

 

[E_americanus]

updated series of the progression of these fishes...

starting from eggs to hatched out larvae, to juveniles at 7 days, and 17 days--

 

[Eric A]

How big are they in the last picture?

 

[beblondie]

What are they eating?

 

[channarox]

tiny itty bitty gars.

 

[E_americanus]

larger individuals are right around 1.5"-2" now, average size is right around 1.25". most gars converted to piscivory in the past two days, which will mean steeper exponential growth from this point onward--
--solomon

 

[triquee79]

That looks awesome!

Im thinking of picking one up, just wondering if spotted gars are aggressive? Will they attack smaller fish?