Hey guys im on my way to having my dream predator tank. A few weeks ago I bought my first two oscars. they were about an inch long and by now they doubled that size to two inches. I was wondering when it would be okay to add the neednosed gar into the mix. it is about 7-8 inches and not that aggresive. also going into the tank adventually would be an ornate birchir and a black ghost knivefish. I cant wait for these guys to get bigger and thanks for all the help.
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I have no experience with Gar, other than fishing for them, but Id guess that that wont work unless the Oscars are bigger than the Gar.
if all fish are customed to a community tank from a very young age i would say you have about a 70% success rate
it really depends on what type of needlenose gar u got theres a few types.......... i had a 6 inch oscar bite a 12 inch needlenoes gar in half.............. but they where in a 125 gal............. just get a lot of floating plants so the gar can hide if it needs to..............
not a needlenose because the oscars will get to aggresive if u got a spotted gar or florida gar or maybe some rocket gar / hejuta's it would work but the oscars are to aggresive for the thin bodied needle nose