Tropical Gar : The Singapore Order

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yeah, gotta be happening soon right? can't wait to see these come in to SGP and your guys' tanks!--
--solomon
 
E_americanus;5031789; said:
yeah, gotta be happening soon right? can't wait to see these come in to SGP and your guys' tanks!--
--solomon
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Hey Sol, I've read about gars losing tooth size in captivity, and I was wondering(mainly because I'm planning to) if they would retain larger teeth if I fed them live their entire time with me. I know that they've probably already been pellet trained though.

I'll mainly be feeding feeder species while they're small, and cichlids as they grow.
 
posted this on the pre-order thread but thought I might as well post it here as well for those who are following the order. The shipment was shipped out on monday but was delayed at frankfurt because of some issues with the health cert. They should be arriving shortly.

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channarox;5031812; said:
Hey Sol, I've read about gars losing tooth size in captivity, and I was wondering(mainly because I'm planning to) if they would retain larger teeth if I fed them live their entire time with me. I know that they've probably already been pellet trained though.

I'll mainly be feeding feeder species while they're small, and cichlids as they grow.
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there was further discussion of this in the gar video thread, you may want to check that for more details. the large teeth issue is related to being in the wild and a plastic adaptation to needing to capture food in that sort of environment. even feeding live in captivity would not really create the right environment to create enough pressure for this adaptation to take place. so in short, no, live food is not going to result in wild-type teeth morphology.--

xander;5031828; said:
posted this on the pre-order thread but thought I might as well post it here as well for those who are following the order. The shipment was shipped out on monday but was delayed at frankfurt because of some issues with the health cert. They should be arriving shortly.

Posted on mobile.monsterfishkeepers.com
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awesome! hope all goes well; they are tough fish and the farm packs them well, so you guys should be fine. i'm kind of vicariously re-living the excitement of these fish coming in!--
--solomon

PS-- please keep us updated in this thread as well...you know, for those of us who aren't tracking the buy/sell thread...since...we're not buying any here in the US on that order :)
 
am seriously excited. hope no DOA! (they've been in the bag for 5 days already). will update all when the fish arrive!!!!

have linked the previous thread to this one as the sales thread keeps auto-closing
 
Juz wondering have the T gar cleared frankfurt custom? If yes where the shipment heading nw? Looking forward for the shipment. Hopes everything goes well
 
E_americanus;5031907; said:
there was further discussion of this in the gar video thread, you may want to check that for more details. the large teeth issue is related to being in the wild and a plastic adaptation to needing to capture food in that sort of environment. even feeding live in captivity would not really create the right environment to create enough pressure for this adaptation to take place. so in short, no, live food is not going to result in wild-type teeth morphology.--



awesome! hope all goes well; they are tough fish and the farm packs them well, so you guys should be fine. i'm kind of vicariously re-living the excitement of these fish coming in!--
--solomon

PS-- please keep us updated in this thread as well...you know, for those of us who aren't tracking the buy/sell thread...since...we're not buying any here in the US on that order :)
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I see, thanks for the info Sol. I've just read that thread.
Fingers crossed... Hope they come in alive and well.
I can't wait.
 
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