MUST READ - The Gar CAPTIVE CARE Guide

[Polypterus]

Water Parameters:
Atractosteus tropicus is insensitive to most water conditions, provided they are kept in a warm, tropical climate. One does not have to have much aeration as they are air breathers. A moderate pH is recommended, though others (whether notably low or high) can be tolerated. Most gars are very resilient to water conditions (with the exception of the pH sensitive Cuban gar) but clean water is still important for your fish’s health and longevity, so remember to keep up on water changes and have abundant filtration to deal with the excessive waste left over by these large predators.

Need to note on the above that all Atractosteus gars are very sensitive to quickly fluctuating water parameters. It is not just the Cuban but the whole genus. Tropical gar thrive in static conditions and quick change in Temp, pH, hardness, Ammonia, Nitrite level can be hazardous to their health. In general Atractosteus gars are resilient but they do not appreciate quick changes in anything.

 

[Polypterus]

xander, as you know, richard and i have been extremely busy as of late (i can only speak for richard relatively, since we have both been so busy as to prevent ourselves from getting together over the past couple months); anyway, i'm sure we will take a look at this as it develops and get back to you. good start to things, will try to comment to you (primarily directly as opposed to posts) with edits/suggestions/further info.--
--solomon

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What he said

 

[mrwinkle]

PM sent alex

 

[xander]

Florida gar is up!

 

[Madding]

Need to note on the above that all Atractosteus gars are very sensitive to quickly fluctuating water parameters. It is not just the Cuban but the whole genus. Tropical gar thrive in static conditions and quick change in Temp, pH, hardness, Ammonia, Nitrite level can be hazardous to their health. In general Atractosteus gars are resilient but they do not appreciate quick changes in anything.

Thanks Richard. Alex could you fix up my paragraph to reflect this correction?

 

[xander]

Have already added It to yr section u need me to change the actual paragraph too? I thought it flows pretty well.

Connor you'd better get yr ass in here soon...

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[pharmaecopia]

New florida profile looks good, the only thing that I noticed is that for the latin name both the genus and species are capitalized in some cases, where the species should not be capitalized.

 

[Madding]

Also I think "platyrhincus" was misspelled a lot in that one. Just a minor nitpick.

Alex you don't need to change my paragraph, the addition is fine.

 

[mrwinkle]

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[xander]

edited what i can for now..richard, you're the only one who can handle the gator gar section. hahaha.

need volunteers for
-spotted gar
-longnose gar
-shortnose gar

-gator gar!!