I wish i still had my old gars.. Anyways i will not be getting any untill i get a much bigger tank...
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16"+ L. platyrhincus
Tanksize: 6'x18"x30"
Tank volume: 170G
Filtration: fx5 and 30G w/d
Feeding regieme: 1 or 2x daily
Diet: f/d krill, market fish, hikari cichlid gold & carnivore but he usually ignores the pellets
Waterchange regieme: 50% weekly
Temp: ~78F
Tankmates: Senegal bichir, 2x convicts, JD, 2x severum, chocolate cichlid, pinktail chalceus
Substrate: PFS
pH: ~7.4
MISC notes: eg how long it's worked, if there are problems among tankmates, future plans, etc - Been working for about 10 months (got the gar @ 1'). I expect it would/will continue to work but my tank is becoming too small for the gar, 12' diameter outdoor pond is in the plans this spring.
As for the food volume, my gar probably takes 8-10 f/d krill or 3-4 strips of fish (catfish, tilapia, whatever) each day. Sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on his mood.
Tanksize: 6'x18"x30"
Tank volume: 170G
Filtration: fx5 and 30G w/d
Feeding regieme: 1 or 2x daily
Diet: f/d krill, market fish, hikari cichlid gold & carnivore but he usually ignores the pellets
Waterchange regieme: 50% weekly
Temp: ~78F
Tankmates: Senegal bichir, 2x convicts, JD, 2x severum, chocolate cichlid, pinktail chalceus
Substrate: PFS
pH: ~7.4
MISC notes: eg how long it's worked, if there are problems among tankmates, future plans, etc - Been working for about 10 months (got the gar @ 1'). I expect it would/will continue to work but my tank is becoming too small for the gar, 12' diameter outdoor pond is in the plans this spring.
As for the food volume, my gar probably takes 8-10 f/d krill or 3-4 strips of fish (catfish, tilapia, whatever) each day. Sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on his mood.
longnose gar, shortnose gar, spotted gar, Florida gar, Cuban gar, alligator gar
Tank size: 48" x 24" x 24"
Tank volume: 120g
Filtration: 2 x AC 110/500 power filters & ~ 25g sump with 5+ gallons of biomedia, 8 watt UV sterilizer
Feeding regime: 2-day fast between feedings
Diet: shrimp, tilapia, smelt, squid
Water change regime: 50% every other week
Temp: 78-80F
Tankmates: South American lungfish
Substrate: "natural" gravel, large pebble size; 20 lbs aragonite sand; plants - crypts/water sprite
pH: ~7.0
MISC notes: system has been operational for 4 years, recent assembly of gars (relatively speaking) has been together for 1-3 years
Tank size: 48" x 24" x 24"
Tank volume: 120g
Filtration: 2 x AC 110/500 power filters & ~ 25g sump with 5+ gallons of biomedia, 8 watt UV sterilizer
Feeding regime: 2-day fast between feedings
Diet: shrimp, tilapia, smelt, squid
Water change regime: 50% every other week
Temp: 78-80F
Tankmates: South American lungfish
Substrate: "natural" gravel, large pebble size; 20 lbs aragonite sand; plants - crypts/water sprite
pH: ~7.0
MISC notes: system has been operational for 4 years, recent assembly of gars (relatively speaking) has been together for 1-3 years
when i had my 15g growing out some gars....
Tank size: 24" by 12" by 12",then a 36" by 18" by 18" before i sold them all off.
Tank volume: 15g and 55g i think...
Filtration: a homemade "internal" sump that ran on 2 powerheads.
i forgot what the specs of the powerheads were.
Feeding regime: 1-2 feedings per day,everyday.
occasionally i starved for one day.
Diet: freeze dried krill,tubifex worms,FD tubifex,shrimp,algae wafers,small pellets,live feeders,raw fish.
Water change regime: 60%-70% every 2-3 weeks
Temp: 30 degrees celcius consant....this was without a heater.
Tankmates: 3 hoplias malabaricus,12 barramundis (not all at one time),endlixcongicus,channa striata,african arowana.
these were all growing out.
Substrate: "natural" gravel,and a few pebbles and rocks.
also,fake floating plants.
pH: not sure....was around neutral.
MISC notes: this worked for about 4-6 months.
all fish were around the same size.
the tank itself had been running for maybe 3 years.
Tank size: 24" by 12" by 12",then a 36" by 18" by 18" before i sold them all off.
Tank volume: 15g and 55g i think...
Filtration: a homemade "internal" sump that ran on 2 powerheads.
i forgot what the specs of the powerheads were.
Feeding regime: 1-2 feedings per day,everyday.
occasionally i starved for one day.
Diet: freeze dried krill,tubifex worms,FD tubifex,shrimp,algae wafers,small pellets,live feeders,raw fish.
Water change regime: 60%-70% every 2-3 weeks
Temp: 30 degrees celcius consant....this was without a heater.
Tankmates: 3 hoplias malabaricus,12 barramundis (not all at one time),endlixcongicus,channa striata,african arowana.
these were all growing out.
Substrate: "natural" gravel,and a few pebbles and rocks.
also,fake floating plants.
pH: not sure....was around neutral.
MISC notes: this worked for about 4-6 months.
all fish were around the same size.
the tank itself had been running for maybe 3 years.
Tanksize: 6ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft (100 gal)
Tank volume:
Filtration: two eheim pro II 2028
Feeding regieme: everyother day at 7 or 8 pm
Diet: cichlid gold, flakes and frozen shrimp
Waterchange regieme: every sunday and i change my quilt batting in the filters everyother week.
Tankmates: 2 oscars, 2 balas, 2 angels, 3 small pim. blochii, tt eel and pleco
Substrate: pfs
pH: i dont remember
MISC notes: uhh need more filtration.. probably going to make a homemade sump from a rubber maid tub and storage drawers, uhmm ima take out the sharks once they are too big, hopfully get a seperate tank for my angels.
Tank volume:
Filtration: two eheim pro II 2028
Feeding regieme: everyother day at 7 or 8 pm
Diet: cichlid gold, flakes and frozen shrimp
Waterchange regieme: every sunday and i change my quilt batting in the filters everyother week.
Tankmates: 2 oscars, 2 balas, 2 angels, 3 small pim. blochii, tt eel and pleco
Substrate: pfs
pH: i dont remember
MISC notes: uhh need more filtration.. probably going to make a homemade sump from a rubber maid tub and storage drawers, uhmm ima take out the sharks once they are too big, hopfully get a seperate tank for my angels.
Tanksize: 5x2x2
Tank volume: 150 gallons apx
Filtration: eheim 2260 classic x 2 + powerhead
Feeding regieme: Three times a day
Diet: Prawns, Massivove, Flake, Bloodworm
Waterchange : 50% every 10 days
Tankmates: Clown loach, cichla mono's, flagtail, pink tailed chalceus, bifasciatum, crenicichla johanna and growing out a 3" gar
Substrate: bare bottom
Decoration: lots of bogwood
Tank volume: 150 gallons apx
Filtration: eheim 2260 classic x 2 + powerhead
Feeding regieme: Three times a day
Diet: Prawns, Massivove, Flake, Bloodworm
Waterchange : 50% every 10 days
Tankmates: Clown loach, cichla mono's, flagtail, pink tailed chalceus, bifasciatum, crenicichla johanna and growing out a 3" gar
Substrate: bare bottom
Decoration: lots of bogwood
not to be a busy body, but this was partly the idea of the thread too. a few issues you might find,Peter McFarlane;2800336; said:
cichla and pike cichlids are pretty bad tankmates for gar.
a 5x2x2 tank is way to big for a 3" gar, especially with those tankmates
lots of bogwood is not necessary for gar, and actually increases the chances of injury
3 x alligator gars (two are close ~3', the smaller one is catching up fast)
Tanksize: 3x2x0.8m
Tank volume: 1270g (excluding sump)
Filtration: extrenal sump (with three submersible return pumps)
Feeding regime: daily or whenever
Diet: catfish pellets, farm frogs, fish, crikets
Waterchange regieme: once a month
Tankmates: 2 x RTCs, 1 x Oscar, 1 x Marble Pim
Substrate: none
Temperature: varies (lowest was 16C)
pH: no idea
MISC notes: used to live with 3 arapaimas with no problems ... arapaimas are now all dead from cold spell that we had in January. They do not seem to be bothered by other tank mates and visa versa. My gars in particular do not like shiny silver fish (silver aros, platinum koi etc)
Tanksize: 3x2x0.8m
Tank volume: 1270g (excluding sump)
Filtration: extrenal sump (with three submersible return pumps)
Feeding regime: daily or whenever
Diet: catfish pellets, farm frogs, fish, crikets
Waterchange regieme: once a month
Tankmates: 2 x RTCs, 1 x Oscar, 1 x Marble Pim
Substrate: none
Temperature: varies (lowest was 16C)
pH: no idea
MISC notes: used to live with 3 arapaimas with no problems ... arapaimas are now all dead from cold spell that we had in January. They do not seem to be bothered by other tank mates and visa versa. My gars in particular do not like shiny silver fish (silver aros, platinum koi etc)
when re-copying the original form (not to be a busy body 
), please retype "regieme" as "regime"...it looks bad to see the same word misspelled over and over again--
--solomon
), please retype "regieme" as "regime"...it looks bad to see the same word misspelled over and over again----solomon
