HI everybody! I am so glad i found this site today, i cant believe there is so much info on all these fish! Anyways i have a needlenose gar and i was wondering what is the max length on these bad boys? 
needlenose gar
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needle nose gar only grow alittle over a foot, sad to say really 
unless you mean the long nose gar
then you get this
unless you mean the long nose gar
then you get this
Needle fish are often stubborn to the point of starving when it comes to eating nonliving food, if you use feeders try mollies and guppies, just keep a couple weeks worth in each of 2 storage tubs in water containing 2 teaspoons salt per gallon and a sponge filter or 2. Keep them that way for 2 weeks before using and feed them a good quality diet. This will prevent most feeder related problems. Needlefish will also eat moths, crickets, and even mealworms.
I got two needles, there pretty cool, they just sit and chill. I dont feed mine live food, i feed them frozen krill and they dotn have a problem with that
Cool, I have heard of people that converted them with no problems but have also heard of them getting so close to starvation that they became vulnerable to infection and died. the couple I have kept got live food, mainly crickets and guppies. It was no special problem as I fed those to several other fish as well.mauls said:
I can get long nose gar babies out the Deep Fork River in the summer. I use a sane in the grassy small pools coming off the river.