Who keeps Cuban Gars here?

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redtailfool

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Im thinking of getting one. How are they temperament wise? Do they eat well?
adapt to shrimp easily? info please.
 
Ime pretty much the same as any other gar, don't mind tank mates that wont fit in their mouths, they are also pretty rare. Grow very big and unless you were planning to have a couple thousand gallon tank it is best left to public aquariums. What size tank you going to have it in? :)
 
ashdavid said:
Ime pretty much the same as any other gar, don't mind tank mates that wont fit in their mouths, they are also pretty rare. Grow very big and unless you were planning to have a couple thousand gallon tank it is best left to public aquariums. What size tank you going to have it in? :)

180 for now. They grow slow. The place where im checking them out
has them for a year now and theyre still at 15 .
 
The TRUST said:
They would probably grow fast at the begining like the gator gars do then slow down a bit around 24"


Jed - yeah, ive never really liked Gars all that much but a cuban looks so much nicer in person . It could be the ones that i see but they look almost like platinum and the tail is like a prochilodus'

Kman - thanks ill pm him tommorow.
 
Those can't be cuban gars for $15 because they go for $300-400 each. And they grow really fast. My buddy's grew from 7" long and 1" in diameter to over 18" long and 6" in diameter in 4 months. They get really fat and dark green. Very cool.
 
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