new florida gar

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tigrey

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i was going to wait until my silver arowana was about 15 inches to get a 8-10 inch gar. i saw some 7 inch ones for sale and couldnt resist, so i bought one.

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cool! what size tank are they in? what are they eating? some will say arowana/gar combo is no good, but mine have done just fine together. I would just be careful during feeding so there is no aggression against eachother for food! Watch them closely and good luck. He's a cute lil guy
 
they are currently in a 240 gallon tank. 8'x2'x2 and feeding them shrimp and pellets, that's why i have 1 gar and 1 silver to have less chance of aggression.
 
nice man, watch out though the gar and arow may have a showdown for who owns the top of the tank :) but nice looking arow and gar, GL, btw my ornate killed my new oscar, and shes only 4" and a killing machine :) oh well ill get a bigger one next time :)
 
nice gar,gar shouldnt mess with silver aro if its well fed,just watch the flagtail
 
calleja_aquariums;4000629; said:
nice man, watch out though the gar and arow may have a showdown for who owns the top of the tank :) but nice looking arow and gar, GL, btw my ornate killed my new oscar, and shes only 4" and a killing machine :) oh well ill get a bigger one next time :)


sounds like my story. i set up a 120, bought a baby senegal bicher and oscar from petsmart. after my tank settled down a bit, i put in my baby gator gar, then added 2 more baby oscars. everyone got along just great. last fri morning i checked the tank before work, came home about 10hrs later came home and only had 2 oscars. now the 2 terrorize my gar
 
ouch ... that sucks man, i know how you feel unfortunatly, lol, but i learned my lesson, wont put a 1.5" fish in again.. if i get another oscar it will be bigger and maybe ill get a delhezi to keep the ornate occupied.. it was prolly just cause my oscar was too small.
 
yo tigrey just figured out that ima get myself a fl gar :) sbuse helped me figure out my stock list and in what order to get things.. and gar is next on the list .. :)
 
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