I guess for some reason I had always assumed that they were aggressive to other top water species. thats cool though they aren't and he will get along with my gar. if worst comes to worst then ill just move the aro to my 90 gallon isolation tub until i can trade him. thanks guys! also i'd appreciate any gar+aro combo stories/tanks out there if you got one!
What happened with mine was they kind of duked it out for big man of the tank and the gator obviously outgrew the jardini pretty fast and the jardini knew he would lose and kind of stood away from the gar. but the gar was probably one of the most docile fish I have ever kept.