Gars

ScubaSteve

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The needle-nose gar from S.E. Asia would make a really cool fish in a species tank.

This fish doesn't get over 12 inches and stays relatively small in terms of weight.
 

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ScubaSteve

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Not sure on the Alligator Gar....... I think it can get over 4 feet in length.... It is a freshwater fish native to the S.E. US (Florida)..... A lot of people go fishing for this species......
 

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"A lot of people go fishing for this species......"

in the words of the ikea commerical, that because they "crazy"

i read an article on this fish the other day, apparently one killed a small child a few years ago :O
 

420Loach

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hmmm 4 ft...? i could take em!! hes got teeth, but i got me eye spines.:p let me at em let me at em!! hehehe:D

wow a needle nose gar needs a 70 gallon tank?(well...thats what THEY reccomend) they are cool looking, kinda like a skinny baracuda, or the stickfish from hell hehe. better watch your fingers around thatone heh.:)
 

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Gars you say? I have 2 Needle nose.

Should see them eat......awesome.

Take a look at some pics of mine.

http://fff.corydorasworld.com/gallery/albums/matt/Farmfish_088.jpg
http://fff.corydorasworld.com/gallery/albums/matt/Farmfish_007.jpg
http://fff.corydorasworld.com/gallery/albums/matt/Farmfish_010.jpg
http://fff.corydorasworld.com/gallery/albums/matt/Farmfish_089.jpg
http://fff.corydorasworld.com/gallery/albums/matt/Farmfish_088.jpg

My favorite shot - http://fff.corydorasworld.com/gallery/albums/matt/MemoryStick13_170.jpg

The aligator gar is a very popular species to fish for in the southern US states. Especially bowfishing. Very big powerful and scary. Seen one up close....was more than half the length of the bass boat. :eek: my line wasn't strong enough for that puppy ;)
 

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Hehe, well......feeders. And uhhh its a small tank lets just say that. And i really didn't intend to get them....but i did and i can't put a fish down or realese it so.....i'm stuck with them. Lets just say if i posted the tank size......i'd get bashed till no end. Oh and buying these guys was the biggest n00b mistake i've ever made in the hobby.
 

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Really why........ what's wrong with these guys....... they seem really cool.....

BTW - judging from those pics, they don't seem to be 12 inches long so you're not in trouble yet....
 

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id like to give a little info on the north american billy gar. i live in illinois close to the mississippi. and have lived on a smaller river for a good part of my life and love to fish, so i have a good knowledge of the fish that are in the waters around me. alligator gars are huge but where i live, we have a smaller cousin of the alligator gar called the billy gar. they have been said to reach 6 foot in length and around 7 to 8 inches in diamater. as mariners said he heard of a child being killed, i dont know of this but around 8 yrs ago a 7 yr old and his father were smimming in the mississippi and the child was attacked by a billy gar witch the father said to the best of his knowledge it had to have been 7 feet long. it had mistaken the young boys leg as a bait fish and drug him under. we catch them off and on through out the yaer and they are garabage fish up here. i know they have thier purpose, to control population of smaller species. the will eat about anything that moves when they swim by. they are very aggressive fish. never tryed to keep one in a tank but it would be awesome to observe their feeding habits closely. we have anouther odd ball fish also dont know what type of fish it is but we call it a dog fish. it has scales like a carp, a head like a trout, tail like a arowwona (spelling) and teeth like a pyrana. it is jet black and it literally barks at you when taken out of the water.

I hope my rambling gives some one some insight into these fish
Shane
 

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