Mixing Gar & Bichirs

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Yeah im we beblondie. Ive had problems the other way, where my 12 inch ornate devoured my
four inch gar. Right now I have 7 silver hujeta gar, two 12" needle nose, and one spotted with a ornate, senegal, enlicheri, buttokoferi, Palmas Palmas, and a Retropinnis bichir. Tank also has a tiger shovelnose, two african pike, and asian redtail, and a school of 6 jurapari and five spot jewels. Believe it or not I dont have any problems with anybody.
 
Yeah Its a really well fed 210 gallon with a bunch of driftwood. I also Have a douple sump filtration system so I can feed everybody plenty and not have to worry about water quality to much. Have plans for a 500 gallon in the near future. Looking for the right custom glass guy in alaska. 210 is the biggest all glass makes. lol
 
Whatever happened to Anne, and why is she still a moderator?
 
Pejelajarto said:
garchaeology.... goes along with the hours spent with a certain book looking at old dead stuff...
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i think in honor of the oldest gar thread (at least on this forum) being excavated, we should post some of the classic gar questions that were constantly asked back then, and now, in spite of 6 years of additional research and others' experiences, they are STILL asked because most people just flat out refuse to read (or various other ridiculous/annoying reasons).

starting off the list with a few classics (includes both questions and statements) :

- can you please ID my Florida spotted south American rocket gar pike?

- how can i get my gar to eat pellets?

- aren't all gars alligator gars?

- you're going to need a 1 billion gallon tank for that gator gar!

- your gator gar is going to get 15' long!

- no gar will eat non-live food!
 
My 2 yens worth.

I have a completed collection of Bichirs that have been kept with the Florida and Shortnose Gars with no problems ever.
The only ones I had to keep an eye on were some of the smaller upper jaws.

BUT having a huge size difference is asking for trouble, so keep that in mind.
 
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