hey guys hopefully goin to grab that 15" Florida/Spotted gar 2moro after noon, but before i do, i just wondered just how big should i expect the mouth to be? ie what size would fit in his mouth???
So just how big is a 15" Florida/spotted gars mouth?
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they are gape limited by the width of their mouth opening...so a 12-15" Florida gar could probably swallow something around 2.5" give or take...if the fish is only 1-2" tall/wide, but elongate...consider it toast if the gar decides it would make a nice meal. larger, laterally compressed body types of fishes will not be swallowed by gars, but that doesnt mean they won't pester them or nip up fins.--
--solomon
--solomon
ok wicked, thanks! is it likely to consider a 8" tyretrack a tasty meal? other question was how fast are they? is it likely to take out a 4.5" rainbow shark and im geussin a 9" pbass anit gona make a good tankmate either...
not that this posses any real problems just tryna figure the limit with tankmates...
not that this posses any real problems just tryna figure the limit with tankmates...
gar are not that aggressive. mine did kill a shovelnose and rip it in half one night lol. thats the only occurance..
ermgravy;1068937; said:
pbass won't make a great tankmate because of their potential of aggressive feeding compared to the gar...if you can make sure the gar is well-fed AND is not bothered by the pbass, it could work for a while. as for the rainbow shark...that fish would be as good as fish food with a 13-15" gar...maybe even a smaller gar, so i would reconsider that tankmate combo.
the eel would probably be ok, but that's a relative statement considering a gar on the smaller end of the size spectrum you described. if all else fails, go with a smaller gar.
a gar's bite can be as fast as around 20 ms, which is really quite fast...if it wants to attack a fish, it will succeed on the second or third try (if not, and likely so, on the first attempt) --
--solomon
lol, all my experience with snake heads they get picked on or yet... so not surprised by that what sh asp. were they? outa interest....plausible;1069735; said:
ok so i think tankmates i may try are, 9" black aro, poly, 5" silver dats, 5"+ plecs, 6" jd, 5" ob peacock and maybe my 6" o? all the cichlids i mentioned are my layed back crew.... none of those fish are at all aggy! only the o wonce had a set to with my yellow lab, but that lab is out wardly rowdy! so recon its worth a try???
is there any chance of a bowfin working as tankmate? i'd love to do a prehistoric tank with gar, aro, bowfin, poly, ck, sa lung... maybe a dat, eel and plec too....
plausible;1069735; said:
keep in mind a 4" snakehead is pretty narrow in terms of width, and elongate, fusiform fishes will go down easy if a gar wants to eat them--
--solomon