Do you have anymore pictures of the gar? Pictures from the side and from above, would be helpful.
From the pics provided it looks like a longnose gar.
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Do you have anymore pictures of the gar? Pictures from the side and from above, would be helpful.
From the pics provided it looks like a longnose gar.
Definitely a longnose. At this size the pattern will still change quite a bit as it grows. Longnose can be quite variable in their adult colouration.
Hard to say, I've seen adults range from keeping the juvenile pattern with the stripe, to heavy spotting, to very little spotting, to no pattern on the body.
How they are displayed will also have an effect on their appearance. Darker backgrounds/gravel combos will usually darken up patterns, whereas lighter backgrounds/gravels will wash out their pattern.
please id this gar pls..
4 weeks ago when he was about 25-30cm he ate my 14cm RTG aro.. i found his tummy was so big and the aro dissapeared. the next day when i did WC i found many aro scales under the decor, which confirmed my believe the gar was the culprit.. obviously because the other fishes i had was flowerhorn and oscars which wouldnt be able to swallow an aro.
1 week ago when he was about 35cm, he killed my 14cm kamfa flowerhorn. i cought him red handed with the kamfa in his mouth, he didnt manage to swallow it, but it was too late for the kamfa.
all these happened when they were in 50 gal tank..
just 2 days ago i got my 285gal tank, and also another aro, 35cm crossback aro, at first he stalked the aro, but now it seems he doesnt mind it.
is he a alligator or spotted/florida gar?.
were all the killings due to a cramped tank? or was it just because the gar just being a gar?
4 weeks ago when he was about 25-30cm he ate my 14cm RTG aro.. i found his tummy was so big and the aro dissapeared. the next day when i did WC i found many aro scales under the decor, which confirmed my believe the gar was the culprit.. obviously because the other fishes i had was flowerhorn and oscars which wouldnt be able to swallow an aro.
1 week ago when he was about 35cm, he killed my 14cm kamfa flowerhorn. i cought him red handed with the kamfa in his mouth, he didnt manage to swallow it, but it was too late for the kamfa.
all these happened when they were in 50 gal tank..
just 2 days ago i got my 285gal tank, and also another aro, 35cm crossback aro, at first he stalked the aro, but now it seems he doesnt mind it.
is he a alligator or spotted/florida gar?.
were all the killings due to a cramped tank? or was it just because the gar just being a gar?
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