Where does everyone get their gars?

[Wiggles92]

This guy on aquabid actually posted on MFK too. Peep his forsale thread. Anyone know him? Or can vouch that these are true spotted?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?464157-2-spotter-gars&highlight=spotted

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It looks like a scam to me; the auction and ad have different locations.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

Yeah, very different locations.....

Those gar do appear to be true spots BTW, but I cant be 100% sure without an origin

 

[sevank21]

Caught that too. Florida and NY

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[Mount_Prion]

On the bright side of things, I just saw another auction from Snookn21 on Aquabid. I've just ordered some other things from him, he's a MFK Vendor, and I've seen only positive reviews of him on the site.

Here's John's gars:

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fw&1333127413

 

[Jared T]

I get mine from private fish store in my area so a private place is best or order it


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[Polypterus]

Yeah, very different locations.....

Those gar do appear to be true spots BTW, but I cant be 100% sure without an origin

You can not ID them by appearance alone in general... That said... to me given a few cues those are FLG not SPG..

 

[pwmin]

Cubans are available right now... Ive got different gar from different vendors but theyre not really around anymore

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[Madding]

Decide what type you want and be patient... also ask every vendor you come in contact with about the species. You'll get them eventually if you are persistent.

 

[ampthefrogguy]

I really want some longnose and shortnose...

 

[Behan33]

I am really looking into getting a cuban. My LFS has one that is about 6 inches long and looks very healthy. What is a fair price for these fish? how long will it live? The store is charging $475.00 for him. is this reasonable?