My Florida gar has an elastic band around him, is it harmful?

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Add some diamonds so he/she can feel fabulous and make all ur other fish jealous. Your gar is a trendsetter. Be proud.

But seriously, take it off. If I saw something like that on my fish I wouldn't think twice.


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How big is your tank!?!? That looks like a 6" fish....

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The tank is 225g 3 feet wide, so yeah the fish looks tiny.


Whats with all the hate? I come home from work to find the gar with this around him, acting perfectly normal so I snap a picture and ask if its dangerous BECAUSE I don't want to stress the fish out catching it if it will just fall off / break away on its own.

It's one of those red bands they use to tie up fish bags, which is why it fell in.
 
people here get grumpy ;)
The rubber band needs to be removed. better to 'stress" the gar than lose him. so many things could happen. but it is kind of funny that he managed to slip that on himself.
 
The band is off, the fish was very stressed out being caught and handled and is now breathing heavily, so thats so much for not wanting to stress the fish out
 
As long as it's off and not too stressed then your gold. It would be cool if you could put a collar on your fish.
 
People need to calm down. Yeah, it's kind of a ridiculous situation, but as long as the fish doesnt get hurt, relax. In fact, it's kinda funny. It's like a dog getting a paper bag stuck on his head.

Good luck with the fish, man. Ignore all the negativity.
 
People need to chill. he asked a question so whats with all the ranting and flaming? IMHO, this forum is supposed to be about helping each other not making people feel like crap.
hope the gar is ok.
ignore the craziness. :)

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People need to chill. he asked a question so whats with all the ranting and flaming? IMHO, this forum is supposed to be about helping each other not making people feel like crap.
hope the gar is ok.
ignore the craziness. :)

"big ball of light, spits out dinosaurs" - Mac, Primeval New World

exactly, not like I put it on myself
 
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