fresh water gar

[newkid]

where is a good place were i would be able to purchase some for a reasonale price? or is there any one on here selling some

[lellison]

goodness, do you have a pool set up or something? Some big fishies

[newkid]

nah i was juss gonna get me another 150gallon tank

[bra8ndy8]

Still not big enough.....just let them live in Lake Texoma.

[poel_19]

Wrong gar brandy, think he's talking about a florida or tropical gar not an alligator gar
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[biggin]

What kind of gar are you looking for? Florida spotted?

Fish Gallery has been getting them in.

DNA has a longnose with jacked up fins. I am not sold these fins will grow back.

I am getting 2 long nose pretty soon. That will put me at 5 gar....

Seriously people should speak to fish they know.

But depending on your footprint the 150 might be small.

Most get close to 24" in captivity.
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[bra8ndy8]

Seriously people should speak to fish they know.



LOL Or say the fish they want.


I want a catfish.....

Could mean upside down, rapheal, dirty lake catfish........

[alta678]

I for one know nothing about gars except they have a long snout with lots of teeth. Are yours energetic swimmers Blake or are they mostly still in mid-water? The salt water ones I have seen while skin diving are mostly still. They watched me with those speculative eyes....creeped me out! :eek:

[xtc]

When I was a kid and they opened the flood gates on Lake Lavon, there were folks snaggin some MASSIVE gar's. Biggest freshwater fish I had ever seen.

The ones at fish gallery are just as nasty lookin and pretty entertaining- cool to know they don't get huge.

[donkey]

I have 2 of the Floridas in a 125 and they do fine.Gars as far as I can tell are not very active unless there are some goldfish swimming in the tank then they go wild.Cool to watch them catch a goldfish by the tail then somehow get the body into their mouth without the goldfish wiggling out.I don't know how they do it.I have had gars for about 4 years and they seam to max out at about 18 inches but maybe they would get bigger if I had a bigger tank or feed them more often.I usually feed them about 1 time a week(goldfish) but I think they eat some pellets also but not daily.

[tsunderl]

Donkey, do you have other fish with your gars? Feeding time sounds entertaining.

[greeneyed]

x2! Thanks T!
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[mrsadler]

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[EAST_TX_RN]

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Does anyone know the difference between brown-nosing and ass-kissing??
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[bra8ndy8]

LMAO!!!

[lellison]

Seriously people should speak to fish they know.

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Hey, I was assuming native which get huge, alligator gar or other native. It was not specified :D

[newkid]

say brandy i dunno to much about u n that means you kno lil bout me what i do with my tank is my business i didnt ask u for your say at all so honestly u can keep ur smart comments to ur self

[radioaktiv]

whoa big fella

[bra8ndy8]

WOW I thought this was a forum to talk fish. You didn't specify what kind of Gar....I was just kidding about the Lake Texoma comment. I wasn't rude to you.....I was rude to the person that was rude to me. Fish that you know.....wasn't meant to you.
I'll take the apology now.

[AndrewH]

hmmm... seems this one blew up for no reason.

[Trallen44]

hmmm... seems this one blew up for no reason.

x2

[bra8ndy8]

I'm not blowing up....That post was done with my best Italian heart in mind. I was just trying to make it better with Nekid....that I wasn't being rude to him, and don't want him to think I am the B word.....Well more than anyone else does! :) I'm done hijacking.......:p:

[newkid]

nah you know im not tripping what im sayin is ppl comment and thats kool but when it come to ppl talking to you any kind of way is another thing . now no one has to like one another but you will respect them now the whole reason this got started was because she simply asked me how big of a tank so when i tell her n she says not big enough but that wasnt a problem you got to deal with i really asked were can i buy the fish not the requirments to keep em:brandy:

[bra8ndy8]

But I was joking that you never said what kind of gar.....so I joked and played it off as Aligator gar......see where this is going...LOL

[EAST_TX_RN]

Is it the friggin' heat? WTF,Newkid?:confuzeld:

[radioaktiv]

wow

i really hope he's not like that in person

[nicole4983]

:wha: ...when you're on a public forum everyone is entitled to voice their opinion whether you asked them to or not. Being rude to Brandy was completely uncalled for.

[tsunderl]

Ok... Here's my take on this...

Newkid- You asked where to buy a gar, that's true. However, there are several types of gars and depending on what you get, your 150g may not be big enough. The door was wide open for informational questions from the members. An assumption was made that you wanted a large monster sized gar to which a 150g would be too small. Had we known up front what type of gar, this whole mess would have been avoided.

Brandy- Gotta know what they are getting before saying a 150g is too small. I'm with you in that most folks who want gars want the big ones, but it should have been clarified as to what kind of gar he was looking for before telling him the tank was too small. What may not seem insulting to you may be to others. I suggest getting more facts before coming to a conclusion to avoid mis-understandings in the future.

Everybody Else- Jumping in with comments about someone does nothing but heat things up. Say them to yourself.

Keep personal differences out of the public arena. Take 'em to PM's if you must jab at someone.

With that said, let's continue our discussion about gars. :o

[newkid]

you know i said what i said n no way was i trying to disrespect brandy i was simplying saying that thats wasnt the question that was asked and as many of you know thats how one form can turn into sumone elses and nicole when you say i was being ruud how is that and you say its voicing your opion but now when i make a comment its ruud lol nah not at all like now the conversation been dropped she said what she had to say and i did the same now comes in the middle men hyping it up everytime someone reads it n gives there "comment " whats ruud or not but like i said its done so yal can continue on dwealing on this and thats fine by me have a nice day lolroflmaoroflmao;)

[tsunderl]

I thought we were talking about gars??? :confuzeld:

[radioaktiv]

good god
my heard hurts


what kind of gar are you looking for?

[newkid]

i did to but im most likely going to look on the internet and find a place with them at a reasonable price

[ma71556]

off topic, but i once caught a gar in some lake near dallas (few years back) , i forgot were, but i was freaked out :eek:, i thought it was the lochness monster or something. They are interesting fish. :D
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[newkid]

yea theres alot of them in the trinity and in your case some local lakes

[lellison]

Well I hope you find what you are looking for a a decent price. I have honestly never seen them in a store, but check out the place Blake mentioned. Sounds like he has several.

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Oh, and nice moderating T :hehe:

[tsunderl]

Ya know, if I were to catch a gar when I was expecting a bass, I'd pee all over myself! Those things are prehistoric looking, but that's what makes them cool.

[lellison]

yea there were several spotted gar in a creek we fished on vacation that were very pretty.

[flamenco-t]

Lepisoteous can live in 120 or 150 gallon with the 2 ft wide footprint. They grow fairly quick up to 12" then they slow down to about 1" a year..

I used to have a lot of florida, spotted and shortnose...they become very common now...:D

I have a tropical gar and cuban gar now..the tropical is about 14" long and the cuban are about 15" long.

Both are the attracteous (sp.) species which are the same family as the alligator gar. They'll get to about 3-5 feet even in captivity.

There are only 10-15 tropical gars in the US as of now, they're mainly found near the venezuelan river basin. The Cuban is the rarest gar species. There are only 7 cuban gars in the US and I have one of them :)

In general Gars are dumb. All they do is eat. Their personality only comes out during feeding time.

In the scale of aggresiveness towards any species.

1. Alligator - meanest
2. Cuban
3. Tropical
4. Shortnose
5. Florida
6. Spotted
7. Longnose.


Try to keep gars with less skittish fish. A scared gar can jump and broke their back. Gars with broken gar are most likely to died in pain. Most of gar keepers euthanize them manually.

I have had gars that jumped out when I was doing maintenance and landed 7' on the carpet. They survived but it was enough nightmare for me.

stan

[donkey]

Donkey, do you have other fish with your gars? Feeding time sounds entertaining

Yes I have several south americans in there and they all get along just fine.

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[lellison]

Stan, I'd love to see your cuban if you have any pics :)

[tsunderl]

One of these days, Stan will buy a house, set up that 600g monster of a tank, and then we will all show up for the tank tour. :hehe:

[tezr]

Wow you must have a great source to get you some longnose gars :)

I have even heard that they were taking Hikari food sticks already.

My Florida gar is pretty alert and will come up to the front when ever I come into the room.


What kind of gar are you looking for? Florida spotted?

Fish Gallery has been getting them in.

DNA has a longnose with jacked up fins. I am not sold these fins will grow back.

I am getting 2 long nose pretty soon. That will put me at 5 gar....

Seriously people should speak to fish they know.

But depending on your footprint the 150 might be small.

Most get close to 24" in captivity.
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