Want to start a predator tank what's good mates

[Frank Castle]

you think I could put a wolf fish in the tank there's one for sale buy me for 60 bucks was thinking about it

not in a 125g.......Wolffish get 3 feet......find out what type of Gar you have before you get MOOOOORE fish,

what are you gonna do if it turns out to be an Alligator Gar and grows 8 feet long???.......most Gar I know of get at least 24" anyway


Pike too.....

 

[Achilles1763]

I was thinking a red wolf fish given the tank mates, but Frank is right about the Gar

 

[James420]

Ok well I talked to the guy I got gar from he's a spotted gar an the pike only gets to be about 10-12" from what everything I've read about it says

 

[Achilles1763]

10-12 inches is big for a pike cichlid and they are highly aggressive. Most will attack fish much bigger than them and eat anything a third of their size! But make amazing additions to a predator tank... With him and the spotted gar I would say you are close to being full. Maybe one or two more bottom dweller (like the red wolf fish) so they don't share the same water space as the others.

 

[Achilles1763]

Okay I just read what a spotted Gar is (I admit I know nothing about them!) and that might be an issue lol

 

[kno4te]

No ery ery for ur tank Achilles1763 . It's too small for the tankmates. Plus they don't like elongated fish like pike cichlids, especially large ones. There will be a territorial issue there.

It would be a snack for the larger gars (spotted, Florida, and gator).

A common wolf fish can get up to 20
Inches in home aqauriums if kept properly.

I think you need to get the gar identified first then consider tankmates there after.

Also if the gar is the larger type ( spotted, Florida, or gator) then ull need a big tank and more so if u want tankmates in there. Not sure of what tank size u have already.

 

[Frank Castle]

Ok well I talked to the guy I got gar from he's a spotted gar an the pike only gets to be about 10-12" from what everything I've read about it says

I have caught Spotted Gar 35" and still not done growing....and they are the SMALLEST Gar species.

 

[James420]

No ery ery for ur tank Achilles1763 . It's too small for the tankmates. Plus they don't like elongated fish like pike cichlids, especially large ones. There will be a territorial issue there.

It would be a snack for the larger gars (spotted, Florida, and gator).

A common wolf fish can get up to 20
Inches in home aqauriums if kept properly.

I think you need to get the gar identified first then consider tankmates there after.

Also if the gar is the larger type ( spotted, Florida, or gator) then ull need a big tank and more so if u want tankmates in there. Not sure of what tank size u have already.

I k ow I'll need a bigger tank that's no problem at all I already have a 275 gallon to setup when need but they are in a 125 long now since their all little as of now getting a bigger tank after the 275 won't be hard for me either I k ow what I'm getting myself into an the gar is a spotted gar an I ha net had any problems with the pike or gar with picking on any others just the Dempsey he is an ******* haha