good pellets for gar?

[ColeFishing]

i have a 13" Florida gar on pellets. what are some great pellets choices because i feed mine hikari cichlid gold floating pellets because its the best/biggest i can get in my area. i was going to order some online so whats the best? i looking for relatively large pellets that float.

 

[ColeFishing]

here is a video of him eating if it helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfdM0V7SwP8

 

[jpcampbell123]

mine went ga ga over the hikari massivore pellets they seemed to eat the sinking ones better but i am sure they would eat the floating ones too.

john

 

[fwprawn]

I don't see how gars would eat sinking pellets ?
Hikari is great - I use their large pellet - They don't care what kind. Don't overfeed them, though.

 

[jpcampbell123]

mine would eat it off the bottom of the tank

 

[fwprawn]

That's not a great idea, for a couple of reasons - first, he could swallow gravel by mistake, or worse yet, he could harm his snout by banging against the bottom of the tank, or a rock, etc.

 

[crappiekeeper]

+1 on hikari massi. my longnose loves em

 

[pharmaecopia]

That's not a great idea, for a couple of reasons - first, he could swallow gravel by mistake, or worse yet, he could harm his snout by banging against the bottom of the tank, or a rock, etc.

All 60 of my gars will eat off the bottom without any issues. They are fed a variety of different floating and sinking pellets/foods. Any gravel that might be taken with the food is promptly spit out. You're far more likely to have a gar damage it snout if it gets spooked than by eating appropriately sized food items off the bottom.

 

[fwprawn]

I'm glad you haven't had any problems. It just isn't something I would recommend.
60 gars ? Holy cow.

 

[GinBlack]

I give my gars Hikari Jumbo Carnisticks. They are pretty big and I dont have to give him as much! They float as well. But my gars will eating floating food or go towards the bottom to hunt if they want to.