Post your Shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus)!!

[xander]

Post your Shortnose gar!! do include the size of the fish + any other possible info!!

also, pics of other species' of gars/absent shortnose gars will be moved/deleted.

 

[tnaylorj]

These a series of pictures of my Shortnose Gar. I would say he is about 20" long. I raised him from a yoy fingerling from a size of about 4", and would say he is roughly around a year in age. He feeds on cichlid jumbo sticks and occasional frozen shrimp and goldfish from time to time. I wish the quality was better, but these were taken with an iPod Touch. The first picture shows one of my Florida Gars too.

 

[koltsixx]

Shortnose Gar
-Approx. size 14 inches

Purchase size and date
6 inches on 8/25/2010


Tankmates
1x-Hoplias Curupira/ Black Xingu Wolf-9 inches
co-hab together for 2 months
1x Lepisosteus Platyrhincus/ Florida Gar-12 inches
co-hab together for 8 months
1x-Hydrolycus Armatus/ Saber-Tooth Tetra-12 inches
co-hab together for 8 months
2x Amphilophus Lyonsi/ Breeding Pair-Male-12 inches,
Female-9 inches
co-hab together for 5 months
2x-Trachycorystes Trachycorystes-12 inches
co-hab together for 8 months
1x-Pimelodus Ornatus/ Ornate Pim-8 inches
co-hab together for 6 months
1x-Achara/Shovelnose Hybrid-14 inches
co-hab together for 8 months

Diet
-Presently he eats a varied diet of Cichlid Gold, Massivore Delight, Frozen Krill,
Market Shrimp and Frozen Rat Pups


Of all the tankmates the only one that I have a problem keeping with the Gars is the Pimelodus Ornatus. The Pim's quick, jerky constant motions spook all the fish in the tank with the exception of the Armatus.