i caught a 2 inch florida gar today. i really want to keep it but i only have a 60 gallon tank at home. what should i do?
i caught a baby gar!! now what?!
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keep it then release it! but get the water from the stream to settle in then acclimate & use same temps.
Have you taken it home already? If it's still in the bucket, the best thing to do is probably to just put it back. Baby gar are delicate and can be difficult to raise; of course if the fish does survive you'll need a much bigger tank.
If you've already taken it home, don't release it. Put it in a small tank (a ten gallon is fine) with gentle filtration. Feed lots and lots of small live prey. Daphnia are ideal; newborn guppies or other very small fish will also work, as will live blackworms or bloodworms. You can feed brine shrimp, but you will need to be very careful with water quality.
By the way, did you catch it in New Jersey? NJ has only one gar species, the longnose; this fish gets considerably bigger than the Florida gar, so keep that in mind when picking a tank.
If you've already taken it home, don't release it. Put it in a small tank (a ten gallon is fine) with gentle filtration. Feed lots and lots of small live prey. Daphnia are ideal; newborn guppies or other very small fish will also work, as will live blackworms or bloodworms. You can feed brine shrimp, but you will need to be very careful with water quality.
By the way, did you catch it in New Jersey? NJ has only one gar species, the longnose; this fish gets considerably bigger than the Florida gar, so keep that in mind when picking a tank.
i am visiting down in florida and i catch it here. it was still in the bucket and its in the lake now.
i wish they didnt get so damn big...
i wish they didnt get so damn big...