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ryan3rdfeb 29-09-2017 06:45 AM

Centrepiece fish with Florida gars
 
Hi guys, I'm looking to set up a 5x2x2.5ft tank and as of now these are the fishes I have in mind:

2x Florida gars
1x Tiger shovelnose catfish

I've read that most people have good experiences keeping the tiger shovelnose with gars.
I'm looking for a fish that will swim in the mid section of the tank, able to become the centrepiece fish for my aquarium and also able to comm with the 2 Florida gars.
I'm not interested in datnoids nor arowanas, so I'm hoping if anyone has any other suggestions?

I've considered getting an African pike or a red pike, but I'm not sure if they are able to comm with Florida gars.

thee_boss 29-09-2017 05:43 PM

Hoe abt dorado?

Lively mid section swimmer.will complememt slower gar amd catfish v well.

ryan3rdfeb 29-09-2017 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by thee_boss (Post 10001228)
Hoe abt dorado?



Lively mid section swimmer.will complememt slower gar amd catfish v well.



Thanks for the suggestion! My friend recommended it too but I wasn't sure if it'd comm well with gars!
It's definitely one of my options tho!


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amiidae 29-09-2017 08:07 PM

With TSN, you basically opt out many choices as they get quite large & fast. They will start eating tankmates that cant grow that fast.

ThomasLim 29-09-2017 09:11 PM

With a 2ft width tank, I am not sure if the gars will be restricted in the growth. They will have a hard time turning around. My alligator gar grows from 6 inches to nearly 3ft in 2 years. It is really powerful... I always get totally wet when it decided to give me a cold bath :o

ryan3rdfeb 29-09-2017 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasLim (Post 10001235)
With a 2ft width tank, I am not sure if the gars will be restricted in the growth. They will have a hard time turning around. My alligator gar grows from 6 inches to nearly 3ft in 2 years. It is really powerful... I always get totally wet when it decided to give me a cold bath :o



From what I've been reading online, Florida gars are quite different from alligator gars!
I chose Florida gars because they are the smallest species of gars. They grow up to 24" if I'm not wrong!


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Aro77 30-09-2017 01:17 AM

florida gars dont grow too big and they grow far slower than alligator gars :)

i've kept 5 pcs, growth became slower as they grew.

HuttShun 30-09-2017 01:56 AM

red pike would be nice.

Hydrocynus vittatus or Hydrocynus goliath or Hydrolycus armatus?

ryan3rdfeb 30-09-2017 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by HuttShun (Post 10001244)
red pike would be nice.



Hydrocynus vittatus or Hydrocynus goliath or Hydrolycus armatus?



Hmm I've read that gars consider fishes that are silver in colour as food. So I'm not sure if VATF or GATF would work... and don't grow as fast as gars do they?


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ryan3rdfeb 30-09-2017 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by amiidae (Post 10001233)
With TSN, you basically opt out many choices as they get quite large & fast. They will start eating tankmates that cant grow that fast.



But would it attack my gars? I'm only afraid the gars will attack my TSN 😂


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