sex?

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Bsixxx

Bsixxx

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just wondering how can you sex gars if possible?
because my two floridas act like they are doing mating rituals and act like a pair about to breed would, or atleast i think a pair would act, anyway heres a picture of the two just incase someone can sex them.
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definitely agree with richard on this. that and given the pics we have here, neither of them look old enough to be sexually mature. gars have a lot of strange social behaviors, many of which look like courtship (as compared to other fishes' behavior).--
--solomon
 
they are probably just swimming together, rubbing sides, etc. if this is the case it is pretty normal from what i have observed w/ my gar.


on the same topic...what does it take to breed gar? i am assuming a very large tank and perfect conditions/params?
 
True. I have seen many gars do this.
 
oo well thank you, but what i have seen them do is that the big one bites the small ones fin and then like swims under it, it also shakes its head near the smaller one and like rubs its head on the smaller one. so i dont know, thats why i was asking

thanks though guys
 
Bsixxx;1062863; said:
oo well thank you, but what i have seen them do is that the big one bites the small ones fin and then like swims under it, it also shakes its head near the smaller one and like rubs its head on the smaller one. so i dont know, thats why i was asking

thanks though guys
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that is peculiar behavior...gars will often times nip each other, but not necessarily in the way you are describing. how big is the bigger gar, and how long have you had it, and do you have any idea how long the store/previous owner had it before it came to you?

also, if you could get video of this behavior, it would help us figure out if it's indeed typical gar behavior or potentially something else. well described on those details :) --
--solomon
 
in gator gars i have seen upto 6 smaller darker males chase one larger female almost like goldfish The female will stop for an instant arch her body the closest male will arch under her and poof its all over Females will do this several times with other males Interestingly they will not hit any bait during this spawning time Also they dont seem very shy either
 
perfection;1063758; said:
in gator gars i have seen upto 6 smaller darker males chase one larger female almost like goldfish The female will stop for an instant arch her body the closest male will arch under her and poof its all over Females will do this several times with other males Interestingly they will not hit any bait during this spawning time Also they dont seem very shy either
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how was the sex of you gar determined?
 
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