MFK GARMY - Report Thyne Gar

[xander]

^ yes, i recently met with the previous owner who kept it for 3 years. he had got it from his friend who said he'd had it for 12 years. it's a dead end if you're trying to get proper data. unless i somehow get that fin clipping to you. i'm not really looking forward to fishing it out of the tank yet again

 

[Wiggles92]

some updates from over here : i recently learned that my newest cuban is actually estimated to be around 15years old. and is probably incredible stunted.

also, ]\/[FK Garmy members can opt for the their Garmy rank in their custom title, check mine out

How can we get this change made?

 

[E_americanus]

^ yes, i recently met with the previous owner who kept it for 3 years. he had got it from his friend who said he'd had it for 12 years. it's a dead end if you're trying to get proper data. unless i somehow get that fin clipping to you. i'm not really looking forward to fishing it out of the tank yet again

i figured it was via talking to the previous owner(s); and no need to worry about clipping those fish. captive ageing data isn't that useful (at least from what we know at this point) and may not even be as readable since captive gars are mainly kept in a constant environment. ageing lines are deposited on various structures (scales, otoliths, rays) because of periods of accelerated growth punctuated by periods of slow growth (this creates the annular banding)...if you keep your fish in the exact same temp/conditions year round, they will likely not show any of these annular bands.

either way, that is probably the oldest Cuban i know of...of course it was with another owner for that long stretch...the "old" xander would have exchanged out that fish in about 2-4 months tops --
--solomon

 

[xander]

hahaha, low blow! i've had my 2 initial cubans for 2++ years now

 

[xander]

How can we get this change made?

pm me statng u want it changed.

 

[pwmin]

24" Longnose (RIP )
14" Florida
13" Tropical
12" Shortnose

all in 7x2x2 w/ mostly bichirs...would like to add AUL, Afrowana and I'm growing out a fire eel right now

working on one of each species, except probably not gator

 

[smartlove_518]

got 2 more florida gars...so now i have 2 + 2 = 4 gars

 

[Madding]

Pejelajarto: 83 (35 @ home, 48 @ labs)
e_americanus: 63 (15 @ home, 48 @ labs)
RedDwarf: 13
simeonchambers - 12
Madding: 9
xander: 8
Connor: 6
screaminleeman: 5
headbanger_jib: 5
Lepistoseus platyrhincus: 4
UncleClyde: 4
Hao: 4
Wiggles92: 4
pharmaecopia: 4
smartlove518: 4
vaipulu: 3
RyanK: 3
tnaylorj: 3
geraldstinson: 3
Vulkan: 3
pwmin: 3
LBathory: 2 (for sale!)
bahamaqt00: 2
scalesandfins: 2
yo_fish_boi: 2
mrwinkle: 2
LandRover: 2
KNH: 2
MonsterMinis: 2
siôn.griffin: 2
sbuse: 1
iloveoscars702: 1
Giruvin: 1
Ego Sum Lupus: 1
Hoyo12: 1
fishtex: 1 (trying to rehome it!)
BlackShark11k - 1
jsodwi: 1
rostratusgar: 1
msjinkzd: 1
Divasen: 1

 

[koltsixx]

Dude where'd my name go, beginner's deserve respect too! Lol!!!

 

[headbanger_jib]

hey Michael u may want to add one to my list tooo
23" Atractosteus spatula