Lol yeah, I couldn't pass him up - Something new he had recently gotten in. There were several at the top, and several on the bottom. This one had the best coloration and size, and towards the top of the tank. He never goes below 6" in my tank. I've visited the LFS since to check out the others, and there are still quite a few that are laying directly on the bottom. I was think about picking up one of those too lol.
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lol my two gar were mostly at the top half of the water column, they would however take food off the bottom at times.
First I was like wtf Longnose gar is Legal in Texas? and Why's not in California? lol
So I do a google and saw a document from Texas Fish and Wild Life department...There are 4 different species of gars in Texas lol and I cut and paste the long-nose gar part and post it here "Longnose gar can be distinguished from spotted and shortnose gar by, you guessed it, a much longer snout. Longnose gar can grow to nearly six and a half feet in length and attain weights of up to 80 pounds.", Now, even if it legal in California I couldn't house it either, I guess I didn't miss out to own one
So I do a google and saw a document from Texas Fish and Wild Life department...There are 4 different species of gars in Texas lol and I cut and paste the long-nose gar part and post it here "Longnose gar can be distinguished from spotted and shortnose gar by, you guessed it, a much longer snout. Longnose gar can grow to nearly six and a half feet in length and attain weights of up to 80 pounds.", Now, even if it legal in California I couldn't house it either, I guess I didn't miss out to own one
ya texas has the shortnose, longnose, alligator....what other species do they have...?First I was like wtf Longnose gar is Legal in Texas? and Why's not in California? lol
So I do a google and saw a document from Texas Fish and Wild Life department...There are 4 different species of gars in Texas lol and I cut and paste the long-nose gar part and post it here "Longnose gar can be distinguished from spotted and shortnose gar by, you guessed it, a much longer snout. Longnose gar can grow to nearly six and a half feet in length and attain weights of up to 80 pounds.", Now, even if it legal in California I couldn't house it either, I guess I didn't miss out to own one
They also have spotted gar.
Cut and paste from the document.
"There are actually four different species of gar in Texas: spotted, shortnose, longnose and alligator. Spotted gar are the smallest of the four species, obtaining a maximum size of four feet in length and 15 pounds. They range from the Red River south to the Rio Grande basin and are extremely common. As their name suggests, the head, body and fins of this species are typically covered with dark spots, although there can be variations depending on water chemistry."
ahh ok ya...I always thought longnose and spotted were pretty much the same fish...they both get big.
