best gar

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Aug 23, 2005
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I boght a roket gar at 8" a week or 2 ago. It was difficult to feed and I saw it eat only the night before It died and I knew it wasn't the food because the rest of the tank was fine and they ate alot more then the gar did ang he had a chunk the size of a bit under a golf ball in its mouth. the food is frozen krill. at the store there is a nice looking needle nose gar about a foot long. I know It is fine with BPs because It is in a tank of foot long plecos foot long frontosas and 5" bps how much agression can it take and is easier to feed than the rocket?
 
needlenose gar isnt a true gar. If you were looking for a true gar the best IMO would be the shortnosed because it only reaches 2' I believe which still is huge but nothing compared to the others. Needlenose gars are very cool I think but they are very skitish I have heard and sometimes may be tricky to get to eat and mostly only eat feeders. I dont think it would be wise to have with aggressive fish because of how skitish they are they can run into the sides of the aquarium and become damaged. If you want to learn more there is a lot of info on aquaticpredators.com
 
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