Underrated Monster Fish ?
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I'm gonna have to say the Florida Gar. I had a Florida Gar by himself in a 75 gallon tank. With in 3 months he grew from 2 inches to 14 inches. He would eat at 5 inchs 100 rosey reds a week at 8 inches i had to upgrade to 100 large gold fish a week. I know i was power feeding but that guy could eat 10 fish within 10 mins the day of a feeding. 
RobD23 said:I'm gonna have to say the Florida Gar. I had a Florida Gar by himself in a 75 gallon tank. With in 3 months he grew from 2 inches to 14 inches. He would eat at 5 inchs 100 rosey reds a week at 8 inches i had to upgrade to 100 large gold fish a week. I know i was power feeding but that guy could eat 10 fish within 10 mins the day of a feeding.
True on this since they are native here and kinda cheap to get. But in other countries such as Japan, florida gars are treasured as a valuable oddball.
use to catch longnose gar in NC over 3ft sometimes. Heard stories of them over 4ft. Quite a ferocious fish. Would love to have one in a large pond. When fishing for large catfish with sunfish in the 8" range you could feel the gar strike and pull back a fish head.
BULLHEADS........great personality,smart,aggresive and can easily attain 24" .I've had mine for a year and a half and they have tripled in length.They are deffinetly not the prettiest but they are fun to watchh and feed,they go nuts and start splashing water out of the tank as soon as they see the food container.Bullheads have been used in labratory studies on fish intelligence because of thier ability to "learn".They are pretty smart for fish.
