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[heuss06]

Hi everyone! im quite new to having fish tanks. i currently have a 75g with african cichlids from lake malawi. pretty sweet setup. im thinking about setting up another tank for electric blue jack dempseys... iv been doing some research and im getting the idea that there not so easy... i was wondering if a gar would be sutible in the tank with the ebjd and what kind of vegation i could use... heres some pics of my cichlids!

 

[luohanfan]

i'm not sure about gars..
But Welcome, and thanks for sharing the pics, looks like a nice setup...

 

[fisher12889]

What type of gar? Most "true" gars will grow big enough to eat or at least harm a jack dempsey. Some needle nose gars might work, but they are not really a gar. Also, most sa/ca cichlids and plants don't mix, but you may be able to get away with some hardier species.

 

[Somethingfishyinc.net]

depends on the type of Gar like was said. They usually only eat live foods so you will be need buy live often or setup a tank for feeders.
I would have the Ebjd's w/ maybe Severums or firemouths, or Tbar (sajica) or Silver dollars/red hooks, & maybe a schooling type of hardy tetra?

me Dave

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[GrindeL89]

maybe a hujeta pike