Gars

[ScubaSteve]

C-Man don't worry about it.... these fish are like the size of pencils.......

Trouthead -> the needle-nose is a SE Asian Gar....


In the lakes that I've fished in you see long-nose gars patroling the surface near breakwalls and weedbeds.... These fish aren't for eating, but they do put up a great fight on light tackle.... Some people catch them to put them on their walls since they make a great conversation piece...

The ones that I have seen in the wild are around 3 feet long and 4 - 6 inches in diameter.... Their mouths are about 1/3 of their body length and full of razor sharp teeth.....



*celebrate

 

[mariners]

LOL c-man i thought you where going to say a 55 gallon or something not a 10. You know what would be fun, if c-man posted in a more well read forum (eg. General) that he keeps them in a 10, then a new person to mft did the same, who would get the most bashings? i'm thinking the second one.

 

[trouthead]

Not that it matters, but I think that have got an id on needle-nose gar as Xenentodon canciloides, not a gar but instead a needlefish.

There is an image at the bottom of this page.

Here is the fishbase.org entry.

 

[trouthead]

Or more likely Xenentodon Cancila (Silver Needle Fish).

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Well one just died. After a W/C......not sure what was up.

 

[ScubaSteve]

That's too bad C-Man......... RIP........

 

[Rokl33t]

hey im trying to get me some gars, but i dunno wat size tank to get, i was planning to get a 10 gal tank but people at the pet store said i need like a 50 gal. So would a 10 gal be ok?

and wat fish can a gar live with?

 

[Flex26]

Originally posted by Cichlid-Man
ok......*Gulp* They are 5" each and are in a 10gal. OK I SAID IT!

A 10g???? C-Man, shame on you!!

Scubasteve, I have seen a similar fish at Petsmart before. Actually, it's fairly common at my Petsmart. Though, it may not be the same fish.

 

[theeyrietrainer]

*GASP* cman! im ashamed at you for doing such a baad thing! lmao, jk!

wow, ive seen these dudes at my petsmart, theres a shoal of them in thems tank, i feel bad for them..

just the other week () there were these people there, a mom, aunt and 2-3 kids, i forgot. well they seem to have immigrated, or possibly there as a trip/tour from else where. now they werent english, and the girl brought her mom to the needles and they began laughing at the names. oddly i got really pissed and i really wanted to yell at them, lol.

 

[Rokl33t]

shoot i just bought a sliver gar, i jus feel in love with them once i saw them eat hahah. Its about 3 inchs and eats about 3 guppies a day. Gars are one hell of fish

 

[Fruitbat]

The 'silver gar' is definitely NOT a true gar. It is one of the needlefish....related to the halfbeaks. They can get quite large and a 10 gallon isn't going to house it for very long.

As for the 'real' gars.....well.....I'll let this picture of a 6-footer speak for itself: