Hmmm...I Wonder What This Could Be...

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[Wiggles92]

Did you end up getting a Cuban gar?

I can tell by the build of this gar that it's definitely of the genus Atractosteus, so I have a one in three chance of being right. In addition, you previously mentioned about Cuban gars being imported by someone near you, so I say Cuban gar.

 

[pharmaecopia]

Awesome pick up, I wish I could find cubans here.

 

[E_americanus]

nice Cuban

congrats!--
--solomon

 

[xander]

congrats!! my supplier just told me he's got 6"ers in too...muahahaha

 

[Madding]

Awesome, definitely want to see more Atractosteus in the US, help us all learn about keeping them better.

(Cubans especially obviously)

Congrats! Did you just get the one? Update us on its hardiness!

 

[E_americanus]

congrats!! my supplier just told me he's got 6"ers in too...muahahaha

these are all essentially coming from the same source, as informed intermediaries have told us that the farm is only allowed to ship out a limited number each cycle within a given year. so the 6" fish are showing up everywhere from the farm.

as for hardiness, they should be pretty solid...the fish we brought in in 2007 were much smaller (maybe 3-3.5") and they did pretty well with us, although i think most others died off.

Paul - is this your fish already, or is the shot from the LFS? hopefully it's yours!--
--solomon

 

[Hao]

Very nice Cuban! Love it!

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

How did u bring it in??

 

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Did you end up getting a Cuban gar?

I can tell by the build of this gar that it's definitely of the genus Atractosteus, so I have a one in three chance of being right. In addition, you previously mentioned about Cuban gars being imported by someone near you, so I say Cuban gar.

Awesome pick up, I wish I could find cubans here.

nice Cuban

congrats!--
--solomon

congrats!! my supplier just told me he's got 6"ers in too...muahahaha

Awesome, definitely want to see more Atractosteus in the US, help us all learn about keeping them better.

(Cubans especially obviously)

Congrats! Did you just get the one? Update us on its hardiness!

Very nice Cuban! Love it!

thanks, everyone (and yeah, just 1)

these are all essentially coming from the same source, as informed intermediaries have told us that the farm is only allowed to ship out a limited number each cycle within a given year. so the 6" fish are showing up everywhere from the farm.

as for hardiness, they should be pretty solid...the fish we brought in in 2007 were much smaller (maybe 3-3.5") and they did pretty well with us, although i think most others died off.

Paul - is this your fish already, or is the shot from the LFS? hopefully it's yours!--
--solomon

How did u bring it in??

That picture is from my tank.

The story is they were shipped to Japan first and an importer/exporter in Taiwan made them available to his vendors, including ones in the U.S. I probably missed a couple details, but that's pretty much the gist and why the cost was so high. All the ones that were available here were sold and my vendor only got this one...don't know where the rest went. Stupid Cuban embargo, lol. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had such a long journey...I think that attests some to their hardiness. I bought a bunch of rosies for feeders and they all died because I had the tank temp too high...stupid me. I'm glad it didn't affect the gar.