Serious compatibility problems in my tank!! Help Please

[andycole94]

Hello to all,
Ive had fish for years now and have a 150 gallon tank with a TSN cat, Lima Shovelnose, 2 oscars and an alligator gar. The gar is a new addition and since last week when I introduced him to the tank he's been going for everything and causing damage to all the fish with his nasty looking teeth. The oscars are big 12inchers and dont seem as badly hit as the lima shovelnose, at about 7 inches, which now has battered fins. The alligator gar is only about 10 inch at the moment.

I am aware of the nature that the alligator gar has and the size he will get, I do have a 1000 gallon heated pond which I hope to introduce him to when he's bigger but at the moment my peacock bass will have him for breakfast. So I need a solution for now.

Any suggestions would be great.
Cheers,
Andy.

 

[andyjs]

Divider? Do you have another tank?

 

[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

Either move the gar, or risk your other fish getting killed. Not much else you could do. Good luck!

 

[Ambervikings91]

Not much you can do here, sounds like to need to get rid of some fish or just hope the gar calms his ass down, if the gar realizes he cannot eat those fish you may get lucky and he stops, but don't count on it

 

[Wiggles92]

Alligator gar + other fishes + relatively small aquarium = massacre.

True alligator gars are the most aggressive gars by far, so the safest solution to your problem is to pull the gar. In addition, gars are not very compatible with those tankmates in most cases, and such a combination is not recommended.

 

[MyGiants]

Yep either get rid of some other fish or the Gar. Or keep the Gar will fed so he doesn't bother the other fish. I had a Florida Gar and when he got to about 12" I traded him away cause he started to try to eat other fish I liked a lot more.

 

[brucel]

Had a friend with same problem and the only solution was to move the gar so he ended up giving it away.