Ok cool you should also add some Victoria water lilies to the pond,they r awesome additions and most Texas ponds have poor water due to lack of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.No, it’s not for now. There’s a private pond I want to stock and I have a craving for giant fish. Annoying my favorite giant fish (aripiama) are prohibited here in Tx, so I want the next best thing- that’s NATIVE! I would catch one but that brings on its own host of problems- fish going belly up, parisites, angry rangers, etc.
If you're planning to stock a fishing pond with one and not a koi pond or something small scale I doubt you'd have any issues with parasites causing a problem. You can find them usually for about $50 + shipping through our vendors on here or on Aquabid. Typical sizes would be 6-10" available but they will get close to 3ft in the first year if fed heavily.No, it’s not for now. There’s a private pond I want to stock and I have a craving for giant fish. Annoying my favorite giant fish (Arapaima) are prohibited here in TX, so I want the next best thing- that’s NATIVE! I would catch one but that brings on its own host of problems- fish going belly up, parisites, angry rangers, etc.
At smaller size like 6-10" Hikari floating pellets, frozen market shrimp or fish pieces, when they are bigger you could switch to Hikari Massivore over the floating pellets. There are members on here with some pushing 6ft overseas in outdoor tropical ponds, I've seen some close to 4ft in VERY large private aquariums.Ok, what do I feed them when they’re young, I might start them in a large filtered trough, so I can watch them. What is the biggest anyone’s grown them in a pond or aquarium? Also could red tails cats survive our winters? For some weird reason Texas has a state record for one and red tails aren’t on the prohibited list here and I want them too!
Yes those are the real deal. You can tell by the more broad snout and also if you were to check them closely Alligator Gar have two rows of teeth as opposed to most other gar having only a single row.Thanks jpcampbell123! Those are real alligator gar right, not Florida or something else?