who has the largest florida gar?
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My Florida Gar is in the 17-18" range. I've had him for 10 years and I don't think he's gonna get much bigger.
At these sizes what is the minimum tank size to even consider buying an 8" Gar to get started?
150, 180? At least, right?
150, 180? At least, right?
my bad what I wanted to say is that I think its possible just that it wont happen over night or in a week
mine started in a 25g. then moved it to the 125g. should have had a step in betweenJayzao;4439426; said:
Lepisosteus platyrhincus;4439240; said:
I understand all this.. Any of the people your talking about have a 750 gallon with drip system? That drip works Magic on fish.. Its pretty amazing.. Not trying to fight... Just wondering? Hopefully the guy's that work with gar ect... Will chime in... JMO 24'' for any gar is pretty possible. Maybe im dead wrong?
BigJ;4440970; said:
No expert here, and I haven't been on this forum long, but I can't say that I've ever seen a yoy over 18" yet. Although, I can't say that any have come from a 750 with a drip system. I believe if it does get over 18",by the time it does, this thread will be long gone!
KNH;4441555; said:
it's not a common mistake with gars, and actually works better for some species because it will prevent them from breaking their backs and also help with finding food more easily. as you said at the end, it's your opinion and experience, so i'll give you that of course; it works with many other fishes, but with gars it's actually a different story.
i'll try to write more later, but in short, a captive YOY FL gar will not reach 24" overnight...or even in a year...likely not in 2 years. a captive raised from YOY FL reaching 24" is extremely rare, and i'm actually yet to see one (not saying it is impossible, but i'm yet to see one and it WILL take a long time).
you can try to powerfeed and grow them to a large size early on, but you won't hit 24". also keep in mind somatic vs reproductive growth. gars (and most fishes in general) donate more energy to somatic ("regular") growth early in life...they need to get up to size to avoid predators, survive winter, etc etc. once they are at a certain size, which is regulated by several factors, primarily the endocrine system, they switch from donating energy to somatic growth to reproductive growth.
once the gar is donating energy towards reproductive growth (development of the gonads), it will not grow as fast or as large. if you get it up to the size where this switch takes place too quickly, it is likely that your gar won't reach it's max size potential.
does that make sense? please feel free to ask questions so i can clarify further if necessary
--solomon
To the OP(and BigJ), there is ur expert^
We have another that might chime in.
Ps like solomon said, its actually not good for gar to throw them directly into a large tank. They run a higher risk of breaking thier backs plus its harder for them to get food.
We have another that might chime in.
Ps like solomon said, its actually not good for gar to throw them directly into a large tank. They run a higher risk of breaking thier backs plus its harder for them to get food.