Re: NANFA-- Want Alligator Gar?

Mark Otnes (markotnes_at_email.msn.com)
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:25:12 -0600

I had a bowfin when I was a kid that I kept in a 20 gallon aquarium. I
caught it when it was very small and I think it took about two years for it
to outgrow the tank. It didn't need live food, and I got it to eat raw
hamburger and pieces of fish.

Mark Otnes
Fargo ND
-----Original Message-----
From: Ty_Hall_at_eFunds.Com <Ty_Hall at eFunds.Com>
To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net <nanfa at aquaria.net>
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2000 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Want Alligator Gar?

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>Too big. A Bowfin can get up to 3+ feet long and as far as I know also
>requires live feeder fish. Ray Wolff, would know more then I, about the
>care of Bowfin.
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>Ty
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>What about a bowfin?---they would probably make a good
>alternative.
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>>From: Tony <anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th>
>>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Want Alligator Gar?
>>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:13:01 +0700
>>
>>I don't think any of them has the armoured-look and strong muscular body
>>look of
>>the gar.
>>
>>Tony
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>>Ty_Hall_at_eFunds.Com wrote:
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>> > I love my Grass Pickerel. I am a big Musky fan but do not have an
>>aquarium
>> > or pond, large enough, to keep one. The Pickerel allows me to have a
>> > mini-musky, if you will. He is by far the coolest fish I have and I
>>enjoy
>> > him very much. Too bad there isn't a smaller version of the Gar. Are
>>there
>> > Asian Gar's that stay smaller?
>> >
>> > Ty
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