Gold Gar

[Polypterus]

Variety is never bad... Color is just a matter of taste and preference I guess, I personally like the leopard spots on my gators but these colored gars have a different kind of appeal. Wonder what causes these mutations..

Genetics...

 

[DownUnder]

pretty monsters mate... really pretty...

 

[csx4236]

That's an awesome pickup CSX! More pics when you get it. Is this for your personal collection?

Yes this will be for my personel collection and not for sale, We have a white tropical gar and the gold will be together in the same tank. Will get some pictures of both together soon.

 

[demjor19]

they will look great together. is the white trop. all white or piebald?

 

[Jakdarippa]

Genetics...

I know its a genetic mutation.. I meant how it works, wont be long before they farm them im sure..

 

[demjor19]

I know its a genetic mutation.. I meant how it works, wont be long before they farm them im sure..

they may already farm them, but i am not certain.

 

[Polypterus]

they may already farm them, but i am not certain.

They are all farmed...Only rarely is a Gold or white fish found in the wild.

All of these ones in the hobby are being produced in aquaculture facilities. If I remember the odds correctly it is one in five thousand Tropicus that turn out white or Piebald in a given spawn. Given the fact a big mature female can lay 6,000+ eggs with 80% survival those are pretty good odds. I would not think the odds are any different for Alligator or Florida gars, naturally the amount of fry produced for a Gator or a Florida are slightly different.

 

[demjor19]

They are all farmed...Only rarely is a Gold or white fish found in the wild.

All of these ones in the hobby are being produced in aquaculture facilities. If I remember the odds correctly it is one in five thousand Tropicus that turn out white or Piebald in a given spawn. Given the fact a big mature female can lay 6,000+ eggs with 80% survival those are pretty good odds. I would not think the odds are any different for Alligator or Florida gars, naturally the amount of fry produced for a Gator or a Florida are slightly different.

cool. that's a nice bit of info.

 

[csx4236]

this gold gar is wild caught

 

[Polypterus]

this gold gar is wild caught

If it is from that particular canal / impoundment in Florida (I'm not mentioning locality, sorry folks, I would have to kill you if I told you) it is pretty close to Aquacultured. Most of these come from there. Krauses first ones where from there as are Chads. Technically one could say they are wild caught but really they are a managed population and one of the major pools that supply the hobby with both the gold and normal colored fish.

Don't get me wrong here Mike..I'm not knocking your fish. These suckers are very rare and uncommon and it is a great addition to any Gar collection...