New Spotted Gar!!!!
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conner fish will be comparable in size to yours in most cases as they are of the same batch...we are continuing along with the same groups in the experiment. some are bigger, some are smaller.
fish will be no more than the same price they were offered for earlier (may try to ship more before weather gets really cold in order to defray shipping/supply expenses as well). will keep you all posted on the details, but i'll hopefully have a post together by the end of this week--
--solomon
PS-- conner, i will email you reGARding some of the details of our last order in the near future.
fish will be no more than the same price they were offered for earlier (may try to ship more before weather gets really cold in order to defray shipping/supply expenses as well). will keep you all posted on the details, but i'll hopefully have a post together by the end of this week--
--solomon
PS-- conner, i will email you reGARding some of the details of our last order in the near future.
Update: The gar is now 9" on the dot 
. Hard to believe he's grown 3" since I got him already. He's also between 3/4 and 1" thick, depending on when he last ate. This little guy is growing fast! I'm gonna have to move him to my 55 gallon tank with the other gars before much longer!!
The best part I've noticed so far is that he seems to be keeping the speckles/spotting along the entire length of his stomach. Hopefully this sticks around as he continues to mature, as it would really set him apart from my other gars.
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. Hard to believe he's grown 3" since I got him already. He's also between 3/4 and 1" thick, depending on when he last ate. This little guy is growing fast! I'm gonna have to move him to my 55 gallon tank with the other gars before much longer!!The best part I've noticed so far is that he seems to be keeping the speckles/spotting along the entire length of his stomach. Hopefully this sticks around as he continues to mature, as it would really set him apart from my other gars.
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WOW he is growing quite well! he's bigger than any of his siblings in the experiment, but that is to be expected since captive feeding tends to lean more toward 'powerfeeding' compared to what they are naturally doing in the wild or what we are trying to simulate. he's about on par with the Louisiana population spotted gars we have, which are 3 weeks older than our MI gars.
i would guess he will hold on to the speckled pattern if he has it now, it's amazing variation as we have seen speckled bellies in adults as well as gold bellies, which some of our juveniles are showing now as well...some have a combination of the two. thanks for posting the updates--
--solomon
PS-- what is his feeding schedule and tank temperature?
i would guess he will hold on to the speckled pattern if he has it now, it's amazing variation as we have seen speckled bellies in adults as well as gold bellies, which some of our juveniles are showing now as well...some have a combination of the two. thanks for posting the updates--
--solomon
PS-- what is his feeding schedule and tank temperature?
E_americanus;3512411; said:
Glad to hear I'm doing well with him. His feeding schedule used to be that I just dumped in 40-50 platies or rosies, and replenished them whenever they ran out (usually every 4 days or so
). To qualify that statement a little, he's also sharing the tank with two pike cichlids, one of which is a little hog, so I'd guess he was getting between 1/2 and 2/3 of those feeders. Now that he's getting bigger, I'm alternating between rosies and comets. I'm also leaving the tank empty of feeders for 1-2 days out of about 10. I'll try to keep track of how much he eats over the next week or two so I can give you an idea of what he eats per day. I haven't been keeping real close track of that, but I've been pretty busy.The tank temperature is 79F right now. The tank is right next to a window we keep open quite often, so recently its been dropping in temp at night. Probably the lowest it gets is about 75-76F at night, and rising back up to 79F during the day.
Conner;3512435; said:
His feeding schedule used to be that I just dumped in 40-50 platies or rosies, and replenished them whenever they ran out (usually every 4 days or so
The tank temperature is 79F right now. The tank is right next to a window we keep open quite often, so recently its been dropping in temp at night. Probably the lowest it gets is about 75-76F at night, and rising back up to 79F during the day.
thanks conner,
that info actually helps plenty and was what i expected. it's easier to keep one gar constantly fed than 60-120
we try to keep a consistent number of feeders in with the gars, but that's generally about 3 depending on size, not 40-50, even taking tankmates into account. we are also trying to raise them at "natural" temps, so they are kept about 8 degrees cooler than what you have yours at. either way, that's what i expected since that is how i have raised individual gars in the past (i've kept them around 82F for really quick initial growth, but have toyed with cooler temps too). again, glad to see he's doing well--
--solomon
