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the gar will be over a foot, and the bass isn't a spotted bass its a lmb lol. after the goldfish feeding, the bass are much more aggressive and all of them follow me around the pond. they swim side by side and are unfazed when anything else happens in the pond if they see even the slightest bit of food. They now patrol the pond in a pack and little fish in the rocks that moves is instantly swarmed and eaten
troppond;5081261; said:the gar will be over a foot, and the bass isn't a spotted bass its a lmb lol. after the goldfish feeding, the bass are much more aggressive and all of them follow me around the pond. they swim side by side and are unfazed when anything else happens in the pond if they see even the slightest bit of food. They now patrol the pond in a pack and little fish in the rocks that moves is instantly swarmed and eaten
I'm guessing that you're going to buy a gar rather than grow it out yourself?
You'll get much better growth out of the gar if you either buy it when its really little or catch one that's either from the upcoming spawn or last year's spawn. Be sure to grow it out in a smaller space than the entire pond; maybe have it in an aquarium until it hits 12" or separate part of the pond for it. The main thing will be to ensure that it doesn't get out-competed for food by the three bass, and live food is a must for it since you would have it in there for all four seasons.
troppond;5081960; said:I mean it wld b a foot by winter
I would hope that it's bigger than that if you go with a longnose gar (which is your best bet as far as the gar being readily available goes)!
In the wild, they tend to reach or surpass 12" long and are pretty plump before their first winter in order to be able to successfully survive through the winter. You should be able to get it to be around 12-16" long in its first few months of life if it was born this year. It will start to put its energy into bulking up rather than growing longer as winter draws near and the water temperatures begin to drop. As I said before, it is imperative that it receives as much food as it wants at all times during its first few months of life in order to ensure its survival through the winter; it will need a ton of food in order to reach the necessary length and mass that it needs to survive. Live food is the best way to accomplish this feat because you can be sure that it will always be available to the gar if plenty of feeder fishes are stocked.
The bass have all grown at least half an inch, with the dominant one growing over an inch and is way thicker and way more colorful, he ate 3 goldfish in one strike today, swim in to the shallow area where I always feed and takes in one and in the dart back out grabs 2 more :rofl:
