Re: NANFA-L-- Gar tank size?


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Gar tank size?
dlmcneely at lunet.edu
Date: Mon Oct 04 2004 - 11:35:39 CDT


No suggestions on dead food. He is not going to take any. An alligator gar, now that is another matter -- they scavenge some. But you don't want one of these endangered (not officially, but in fact) animals in your home.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean A. Markley" <damarkley at earthlink.net>
Date: Monday, October 4, 2004 9:54 am
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Gar tank size?

> I've got a 9 inch longnose gar in my 110 gallon tank. I got him
> last April when he was only 4 inches. He is doing very well and
> lives with 6 sunfish and a pair of bullheads. I was feeding him
> guppies until he reached 6 inches. Now he is eating goldfish. I
> have had absolutely no luck trying to get him to eat dead food!
> Any suggestions, anyone?
>
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Snailcollector at cs.com
> Sent: Oct 3, 2004 8:44 PM
> To: nanfa-l at nanfa.org
> Subject: NANFA-L-- Gar tank size?
>
> Could I keep a gar in a 125G tank (72lx18wx22h")? I hear that you
> can, but I
> think that might be a little narrow for it to move around easily.
> If that is
> not suitible for gar, can you reccomend any other primitive fish
> instead?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
>
>
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