Saw my first true gar at an LFS today...what is it?

[pwmin]

Like the title says...

what species is it and how large do they get/growth rate. i don't see a good gar ID thread. I hope it's a true gar

 

[Loubard]

Looks like alligator gar to me. Search the forums for specific questions, but they get huge!

 

[pwmin]

Looks like alligator gar to me. Search the forums for specific questions, but they get huge!

oh, if it's an alligator gar, yeah they get WAY too big! just wanted an id and had a couple quick questions that i thought someone could answer quick so i didn't have to spend time searching, but I definitely don't mind searching.

 

[Infblue]

yeah thats a gator gar.

 

[pwmin]

i can't believe they are selling those at an LFS in Colorado. wth is someone going to put it? they had probably 10 of them and they were all 3 inches long.

i already know the answer to my other questions, lol. definitely won't have any trouble talking myself out of this purchase

 

[xander]

so did you or did you not buy it? yr first post said it's yr first true gar, and yr latest said you'd talk yrself out of the purchase.?

 

[salsa]

What lfs is that at?

 

[pwmin]

salsa, they were at Sherman Tank Company (SE corner of 84th and Sheridan)

so did you or did you not buy it? yr first post said it's yr first true gar, and yr latest said you'd talk yrself out of the purchase.?

I said I "SAW" my first true gar. I didn't get it as I didn't know which species it was and I'm not sure if I am prepared to house any gar at full size. sorry for the confusion

 

[xander]

salsa, they were at Sherman Tank Company (SE corner of 84th and Sheridan)




I said I "SAW" my first true gar. I didn't get it as I didn't know which species it was and I'm not sure if I am prepared to house any gar at full size. sorry for the confusion

i roughly get what you meant. by saying you saw yr first true gar, you could mean that you bought yr first true gar....i guess what you meant was that that was the first true gar you've seen. right?

 

[bigspizz]

I think he means he has never seen a true gar......until today when he "saw" it at the lfs....