Finally found the Longnose I was looking for! I bought one last weekend and put him in a 10G full of convict fry that I set up just for this reason when the season came around for Longnose to hit the market up here. I wanted 2 but only had the spare cash for one so I went back today and bought a second. Huge difference in the one I've had for a week and the one that had to sit in the store, he's an inch longer and much thicker. Just goes to show you what good water quality and proper YOY gar feeding will do. Funny part was when I bought the one last week the guy who works at this store worked at another local LFS that went out of business. First he tells me his "secret food" for baby gar which was black molly fry. "they love'em" he says then he tells me that gar are slow growers 
So I tell him my year old Longnose is pushing 15" and he looks at me like I'm lying! 
gee I wonder why that LFS went out of business. Anyways here is a short vid and a few pics of my new Longnose gar and the pissed off convict pair that I took 2 week old fry from. Its kinda funny when I take the fry out because the female always beats the snot out of the male as if she's telling him "nice job LOSER you just let that hand with the tube kidnap the kids again!"
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So I tell him my year old Longnose is pushing 15" and he looks at me like I'm lying! gee I wonder why that LFS went out of business. Anyways here is a short vid and a few pics of my new Longnose gar and the pissed off convict pair that I took 2 week old fry from. Its kinda funny when I take the fry out because the female always beats the snot out of the male as if she's telling him "nice job LOSER you just let that hand with the tube kidnap the kids again!" [YT]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wUpiGxfqbCM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wUpiGxfqbCM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YT]
