My gar is being really funny

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Can that be fixed if thats the problem because for some reason I have tried to feed him everything but he wont eat and the pbass are not even bothering the gar.

No, there's no 100% guaranteed way to fix a spinal issue in a gar, but it's very important to maintain optimal water quality by way of frequent water changes (multiple times a week e.g. 50% every other day). Another general treatment for gars and other primitive fishes is to add 1 tbsp of salt per 10 gallons of water and bump the water temperature to 82°F (which it should already be at least that for the peacock bass) to help with recovery.

Separating it from the peacock bass, doing a 50% water change, and adding salt plus bumping the temperature up will help it to resume eating and will help it recover should it happen to be inured or sick. The peacock bass may not be seem to be bothering the gar when you look at them (I imagine that they attempt to hide), but they will still dominate the gar when you're not looking and sometimes during feeding, so their removal will almost certainly help the gar to survive and thrive.
 
PB and other fish are often very shy around their owners at first.. so it's very liekly aggression is happeneing when you're not around. reguardless the fish is acting odd and should be QT'd. I've never found bumping the temp up to 82 and adding salt to help treat any disease/illness besides the ICK parasite. Clean water, some floating hide spots, and plenty of food available should bring the fish around barring it haveing any damage to it's body/illness/ect.. pictures of the fish would help in ruling out spinal issues or possible parasites. Internal parasites may also be a culprit here. but imo the fish will liekly come around with some TLC.
 
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