Help identify my gar

TidusGar

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Need some help in identifying my gar, the lfs said he is an gator gar but would like some opinions. Thanks

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kno4te

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It's a gator gar alright. Welcome to the forum.
 

Yuki Rihwa

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Do you all think he is best suited in a pond or indoors ??
Here is some actual record data:
"Anecdotal evidence in several scientific reports suggest that an alligator gar can grow up to 10 ft (3.0 m) in length and weigh as much as 300 lb (140 kg); however in 2011 the largest alligator gar ever caught and officially recorded was 8 ft 5 1⁄4 in (2.572 m) long, weighed 327 lb (148 kg), and was 47 in (120 cm) around the girth."
Do you think you can provide a good care for it indoor? Your house big enough to have space to built indoor pond 20x40 feet at minimum size? Will you willing to spend around 500,000+ dollars to modifying your house so you can house a fish? IF YOU CAN THEN GO AHEAD IF NOT just keep that fish in your DREAM.
 

TidusGar

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This is my first post on this message board, why are you being such an a hole? Im sure that in the fish world i am not the first person to have a gar. What did i do to you?
 

axs377

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I'm going to guess it will take quite sometime to reach those kind of proportions. You could probably house it in a large tank for a couple years, but ultimately I can't imagine anything less than a large pond would work long term.
 

jonah h2o

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im surprised the guy at the fish store would stock and sell an alligator gar. I'm sure someone on here would buy it from you once it gets to a larger size
 

TidusGar

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He actually has 2 there..quite decent size too...1 about 8 inches and 1 12 inches
 
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