Gator gars are pretty much the Garbage disposal of fishes.. Once they figure an item as food they take it. Aside from the Feeder Cons you can also give them all sorts of fresh and frozen fish and shellfish as well as pellets.
new to gars but need more info
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thanks for the info I really appreciate it I will post pics on here once I get him.its a good deal as I get a few 10G feeder tanks to go with it. I will be going to pick it all up on wednesday
that tank was turned into a sump it was a 50G and is one of the filters on the 250G tank. I like the pic though because of all the colors. those fish where rescues and all of them are still alive and are in my other tanks. most in the 150G the paroon is in the 250G and I guess will have to move back to the 150 when the Gar arrives. my long term plans are to build a 1500G but not until next year. I want to build a smaller tank first so I can work out the kinks.
greengiant;2947390; said:
you should not rescue just because it was in bad condition and you felt pity for it. it will just give more reason for the bad guys to catch more gars or get more stock causing more gars to suffer.
how is rescueing a fish from someone supporting the bad guys? would you rather have the fish die? I see it as SOMEONE HAS LEARNED TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK NEXT TIME. letting a creature of any kind die because someone didn't do their homework then this hobby wouldn't exist. when I first started keeping fish I lost alot of fish and I got frusterated. I trusted the LFS to tell me when something wouldn't work and do to the nature of the business was always told yes it would. most people still believe that a fish will not outgrow its tank. if anyone believes this then they have no problem putting an Alligator Gar or an Osker in a 10G tank. people need to be taught the truth and then once they learn to do their homework they will be alot more successful in the long run. IMO bad fish keepers are what keep the LFS in business
Reminds me of that Gar and saratoga thread lol. Man that guy was bad...Polypterus;2964869; said:
Cant wait to see pics!
I got the fish and I got him home. I got some more free stuff to with it so I was happy. in the deal I got the Alligator Gar he's actually 21" long and a Common Pleco that is about 14" long (I didn't measure him) but along with that I got about 100 feeders, a 20G Long, a 100W heater, air pump, AC70 filter 20Lb gravel substrate, 2 rubbermaid totes and a full bag of pellets all for $20 I figured I did ok. I will post pictures of him tomorrow my batterys are dead in the camera so their charging. I had to move my other Pleco and the Paroons to the 150G the 2 smaller Blood parrots to the 50G the Rope fish to the 30G and I am cycling the new 20G so I can put it to work. he is a beautiful fish in my mind. the water they where keeping him in was at 85 so a bit warmer than it should be but not to bad to acclimate as the tank was at 82 originally but I will be lowering it to about 70 slowly about 1 degree a day what would you suggest as a water temp? I don't want to go to far or to fast.
