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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...

Has anyone considered increasing your filter surface area by installing media of some kind in your overflow? I just setup my new aquarium and feel that the space is wasted. I measured out about 4 gallons in each overflow box. Seems like I could put a couple of gallons of 10ppm sponge in there...

My Florida gar jumped out over night. I threw him back in the tank this morning and he started to rehab movement. I then grabbed him and held him over the air stone thinking this would get everything to flow through his gills. He's swimming around fine but it looks like his butt wants to keep...

Gar is roughly 12" and doing very well, bringing in a much larger pred and has to go. Email me at bryaneggleton@yahoo.ca if interested. Free is a good deal! Regards, Bry

I posted a thread a few pages back, well I figured there should be a new thread since there's a new plan. Plan A is to build a 26x13x6 tank for 15,000 gallons, or Plan B which is a 38x13x6 tank for 22,000 gallons. I would prefer to go with Plan B - the stock is important, but it can change if...

Hi fellow fishkeepers. first just wanted to say thanks for the site and members who have provided me much info. ive been keeping fish my whole life ( mainly SA cichlids) but recently purchased a baby "spotted gar". when it gets a little bigger ill ask you guys to identify it, could be a florida...