Hal the alligator gar

[demjor19]

Lets just say politics sucks....

I do still have this profile chart from that tank as well as a few of the famous tiles from around that tank. (I quite literally keep that on my computer desk so the pic was just made)

man you guys are killing me.

richard if you dont mind me asking...where was Hal being transported to when he passed?

do you have any other pictures of Hal? i always see the same photo of him and would love to see more. that fish would be any gar keepers dream be happy you had the opportunity to work w/ him.

 

[Polypterus]

man you guys are killing me.

richard if you dont mind me asking...where was Hal being transported to when he passed?

do you have any other pictures of Hal? i always see the same photo of him and would love to see more. that fish would be any gar keepers dream be happy you had the opportunity to work w/ him.

He was being transported to Colorado, the Landry aquarium in Denver..They still have a number of fish from the BIA including a few Longnosed gar and sturgeon. If I remember a bunch of big cats such as the Jau and Psudeo. niger went there also.

I'll have to dig up some old pics..I really never took many that did not look much like the one shown (Hell I could swear that is my pic actually)...

 

[Jakdarippa]

He was being transported to Colorado, the Landry aquarium in Denver..They still have a number of fish from the BIA including a few Longnosed gar and sturgeon. If I remember a bunch of big cats such as the Jau and Psudeo. niger went there also.

I'll have to dig up some old pics..I really never took many that did not look much like the one shown (Hell I could swear that is my pic actually)...

Definatly did a great job caring for him Richard, how long did you work with Hal, and damn what did you feed him, cant make out the words on the profile chart. The tank looks amazing btw, if you can please tell us the actual dimentions and size in gallons?.. would love to replicate it. An article stated the cause of death as liver problems but im sure it took a crane net to lift this guy ... that in itself could have resulted in injury.. someone once mentioned that captive gators dont look mean at all... this guy definatly looks like a gentle giant, any aggression observed while caring for him?

 

[killerfish]

i was about to say that tank looks massive i don't think it would get stunted in there but wow nice fish so old to i wounder what the oldest fish in captivity is and how old