Alligator gar in salt water?
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saltwater fısh and freshwater fısh have dıfferent ınternal systems to allow them to lıve ın such condıtıons, ıf a fısh ıs from a coastal regıon and moves between brackısh and fresh theres a chance they can lıve ın salt water but probably not forever.
on the subject of alıgator gars ı dont know because ı dont know about amerıcan thıngs but ı hope that helps anyway
on the subject of alıgator gars ı dont know because ı dont know about amerıcan thıngs but ı hope that helps anyway
mkman;3127111; said:
they venture into saltwater sometimes. why someone would want one in a salt water set up i have no idea...
From the Ichthyology Dept. of the Florida Museum of Natural History:
The alligator gar inhabits large, slow moving rivers, reservoirs, oxbow lakes, bayous and bays,
in fresh and brackish water. The alligator gar is the most tolerant gar species of high salinity
and occasionally strays into salt water.
The alligator gar inhabits large, slow moving rivers, reservoirs, oxbow lakes, bayous and bays,
in fresh and brackish water. The alligator gar is the most tolerant gar species of high salinity
and occasionally strays into salt water.
aquarium of the americas in louisiana has a gator gar in a big marine tank with sharks, rays, barracuda, etc. saw it myself this past winter. gators, longnose, and spotted gars have been found in saltwater, but in terms of home aquaria would best be kept in freshwater.--
--solomon
--solomon
Excellent!!!
Now I can turn my Gator Gar loose in my friends reef tank so he can eat all these stupid crappy fish that my friend is always bragging about.
Gator Gar FTW!!!
Now I can turn my Gator Gar loose in my friends reef tank so he can eat all these stupid crappy fish that my friend is always bragging about.
Gator Gar FTW!!!
