my sh is getting picked on.

[wahwai]

From my experience gars only get aggro when they are hungry

 

[mercury904]

my garr(12") is beating up his tankmates, my 7" cobra sh is getting the worst of it. they were all friends for a year and a half. this sucks. 250g tank. theres also 2 clown knife around 12" as well. any ideas on how to calm these guys jets? seperate them?

Break the point of thier tangency

 

[WhiteLineRacer]

if the fish is still 7 inches after a year something is wrong

 

[redheaded stepchild]

well there seperated now. hopefully the 2 marks on his side go away. poor little guy.

 

[WhiteLineRacer]

He'll grow new scales, I'm sure you'll never notice after a while.

Maybe try re-introducing him when he's a little bigger, it won't be long untill he catches up the gars size.

 

[Nabbig2]

aligator garr, and the snake head is only a year old. but the garr was with the knifes for a year and a half, no beefs with them. im going to divide them for now, and ill try to lower the temp a bit. slow everything down a bit till they settle out. thanks.

Alligator Gars grow over 10 feet long...they also can be aggressive.

 

[WhiteLineRacer]

Alligator Gars grow over 10 feet long...they also can be aggressive.

Oh, I overlooked the fact it was an Alligator Gar. I wouldn't risk your SH if you really want it happy. I have read reports of Alligator hitting a certain size and then turning nasty.

Hope your channa is healing well

 

[santoury]

if the gar is acting up, and the SH is under 2 feet in his first year, then you definitely are underfeeding.

 

[redheaded stepchild]

definitly not underfeeding! SH eats frozen shrimp like its candy, plus 100 gold fishys every 4-5 days. sh is now 15 inches, ali garr is 20" there still seperated right now, the garr is a punk, just sits on the otherside of the divider and pushs on it. and he killed my last pleco that was in there.
(8" common) gonna try re-introducing the 2 later, as for now they can stay divided.