gar

Thinking of purchasing a gar, seller said that they are Australian spotted gar, but to me they look like alligator gar ? Please help. Attached are the sellers photos

I recently bought a pair of synodontis “petricola” which actually turned out to be the lucipinnus instead. That said they only grow to a max size of about 4”. I’ve been looking into Hujeta/rocket gars but I’m wondering if they would be compatible. I know if you have a predator you should house...

The internet seems to be full of different ways to differentiate between Spotted and Florida Gars, such as snout length, markings and body shape, but in reality these ways are all false or too nuanced to definitively ID them. In truth, there are not really any true Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus...

Hello, I have a pond wich is on average 1,5m deep and has an approximate surface of 3000-4000m^2. It has a very high population of crayfish, shellfish, insects, larvae, frogs, perches, carps and many other nonpredatory fish from two to 30cm in length. I am thinking of adding a small school of...

Hi, thought I'd do an update since I haven't posted in a while. Is a long one, but have cool pictures to trick you in to thinking it's not boring haha The tank is 7ft long x 4ft wide x 2ft deep (1400 litres) with a 16 inch tall sliding glass door riparium section. The riparium plants are...

I'm new to the forum my name is Sara. I have been out of the fish keeping a while but now have a freshly stocked 250 gallon. Started out with 2 bichirs, ornate and endlis, later we tried 3 silver aro's, then, 2 silver flagtails and a gar. I joined because I now have many questions and some...

I get a lot of specimens donated to me from shops and other hobbyists as I like to preserve and display them. This method only works with armoured fish, such as Polypterids, Gars and Bowfin. The reason why I do this is because I get to find out how a fish has died, I learn about their anatomy...

This is my first post here, so hello! My boyfriend and I picked up a 7" Florida spotted gar today. Upon getting him in the tank, we noticed a strange, possibly infected bump on his head. Hes in a 125 gallon with cichlids, some various catfish, and a clown loach. Does anyone have any idea...

hi guys, please meet my nice snowy" aligator gar now size already 8 inches.. i'm sure it will growing nice & nicer.. do you have any snow gar or any snow fish ? please share yours here..

So I just started building a 400ish gallon plywood tank that I don't have any fish currently to occupy (I'm not getting any before its ready) I'm building it to get a Silver Arowana and maybe some species of Bichir, I'm wondering if there are any species of Gar that would be safe to house 1)...

Iam looking to keep gar and bowfin along with some other large fish like P. Bass and atf and water cows. Will a frag tank work better for this or get a larger normal tank.

I was sold what I was told are two south american Gar. Can anyone verify that this is indeed a Gar , or is it something else?

So i talking about the larger gobys, sleepers and cows, with a bowfin and gar.

I have these Gars from 2 years.. They have hardly grown from 6 inch to 10 inch (usual gars grow over a foot in a year) n also I feed them every single day until they are full. They had very minimal faded markings when they were young n now the markings are disappearing one by one every month...

My husband and I live in Iowa and we went to one of our LFS's and came across an adorable 5 inch "spotted gar" as they labeled it. So we brought him home to be with our other gars :). He is kind of goofy and clumsy probably from all the bubbles in the tank so we are working on that for him. I...

currently putting together my plans for a 72x60x24. Stock will be made up of gars/rays/aro/tig cat/bichirs (most likely). I've done sumps in the past but thinking of going canisters, i found the 2262's but they are pretty $$$ depending on how many i would need for this tank. i hear some good and...

Hey! I was at my LFS and saw this super cool fish and forgot to ask about it, I'm dying to know what it was. It had -white body -long, gar like body/snout(?) -inch or two long -in a 5 gallon planted tank -with other fish so I assume not aggressive If anyone has a clue what this fish is, LET...

Hey guys, this is my first post here. I have a 150g predator comm tank with a couple of oscars, a green arowana, a cichla, a giant gourami, florida gar and a tyretrack eel. I do about 30-40% water changes daily and have noticed that my fish are healthy and have a bigger appetite. But the problem...

Hello everyone! I have been lurking on here for a while waiting for my chance to finally get myself a big tank for some monster fish! I managed to find a nice 250 that I am going to picking up in a couple of days with a beautiful wood stand and canopy for $200 since the silicone had a slight...

About a year ago, my wife and I were browsing a fish shop that we frequent, looking for a nice bichir or even an eel to put in our beloved glass box of beautiful creatures, when I saw a sad little fella with big eyes all alone in a murky 10 gallon. Written on the tank in marker was "alligator...