knifefishfan Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 the first pic is the 1 i bought roughly 2-3 months ago (1-2 weeks before JLake) the 2nd...top is the other i bought the same time as the first pic...3" and 4" at the time i bought them...now 9" and 10" bottom of the 2nd is the 1 i got from hustler about a month ago. 3rd is all of them 4th is with my 14" clown knife. Pigs1 Pigs2 Pigs3 Pigs4 hey JLake, how are the gars you bought doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Hahahaha not as fat as your pigs! Getting bigger now that its off tyhe bloodworms. eats a whole prawn every day. half in the am and half at night. Also i cut a small peice of worm for it when i feed the rays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rED O Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Nice fish, but your gonna need a way bigger tank dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knifefishfan Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Hahahaha not as fat as your pigs! Getting bigger now that its off tyhe bloodworms. eats a whole prawn every day. half in the am and half at night. Also i cut a small peice of worm for it when i feed the rays. hehe i couldnt believe how much they eat. i fed this tank 12 piece of thawed shrimp after work and 7 piece of thawed shrimp in the am(today). and when i use silversides, they eat 16 pieces, 8 in the am and 8 in the pm. they are pigs. was thinking of only feeding them once per day, but i cant do that to my fish. have any pics of your gars? Nice fish, but your gonna need a way bigger tank dude. dont worry man. i am planning on getting a 200-300 tank. as jvision said, im reading some dyi on another forum. the silver is the only immidiate problem for now tho. ive read from gar experts that i can house these gars for a year or 2 in a 112 gallon tank. these gars are fun to watch. they have 2 different formations they do. all side by side, and 1 after another. they play follow the leader lol. Edited December 30, 2010 by knifefishfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Yeah the gar will be fine for a while. The larger the tank with gars the worse off u can be. With a lot of room to do "quick starts" which often leads to busted spines and snouts. The leading caue of injusry and death to gars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knifefishfan Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 yep...gars need step up tanks. when i turn the lights on in the morning, the gars sometimes gets startled and bursts downward. good thing my tank is almost bare...decor cant bust some spines too. any chance of pics of your gars JLake? i prob give me 6 months-1 year before i need a bigger tank. pleanty of time to save for it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagani Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 That tank is nuts send some of your fish to me, I've got less fish in my 210. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knifefishfan Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 hehe...its way overfiltered...im planning a bigger tank real soon, 200-300 gallons. i should take a vid of when i feed them, very fun to watch lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Ill put some pics up soon. The gar isnt making the transfer to the 180 just yet. I wanna keep him in the four footer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagani Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 hehe...its way overfiltered...im planning a bigger tank real soon, 200-300 gallons. i should take a vid of when i feed them, very fun to watch lol. I'm not looking for an excuse, I just really want a few gars and I haven't ever had luck finding one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knifefishfan Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 a few people on here have some gars. sorry man, i really like these gars, not looking to get rid of them. when i see some, ill let you know. cool Jlake. just curious how the other gars from the same batch are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Love the Clown Knife, can't wait to set up my tank so I can see how big one will grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knifefishfan Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 hehe thanks. it used to be the biggest in my tank until i got the RCK from Funky_Fish14. He still runs the tank tho, and keeps every fish in their place lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hustler Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Looking fat bro Great job My gators have been on a steady diet of clown loaches and silver dollars..... I got them thier own 180 but when i filled it, It leaked...... And great to hear you found a royal get a pic of him up. pagani, Im sure i could spare a couple bro If your still interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knifefishfan Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) haha thanks Mel, and sorry about the leak. when i picked up that gar from you, you already mentioned him eating the silver dollars and that very nice(excited about) elephant nose lol. your gator gars have a very expensive diet. the royal had a war with my clown knife, but is eating and healing up nicely. will try to get a pic of him later tonight. cant get a clear full shot of him. here he is beside my 13" CK. he has bite marks from the same CK in the pics when i first put him into the tank. now as you can see, they get along and he is healing nicely. RCK1 RCK2 RCK3 RCK4 Edited January 5, 2011 by knifefishfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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