Is it easy to keep alligator gars?

Question

what food do it eat
Can they live with other fish
what is its characteristics

Answer 1

no they will kill each odther
so reallyok?
-randall

Answer 2

Gar are popular fish for public aquaria where they are often kept alongside other large, "archaic" fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. However, a few species, most commonly Lepisosteus oculatus, are sometimes offered to aquarists as pets. They do of course need very large tanks but in all other regards they are easy to keep. They are not much bothered by water quality or chemistry, and are tolerant of a wide range of temperatures. Gar must be allowed to breathe air, so some clearance between the surface of the water and the hood is essential.

Gar get on well with any other fish too big to be eaten (such as large catfish, cichlids, and centrachids). They do not like aggressive tankmates, and despite being predators are essentially peaceable, sociable fish that do well with their own kind. Sturdy aquarium plants and bogwood can also be used to create hiding places, since gars are very fond of lurking in slightly shady regions.

Feeding presents no problems. Most will take all kinds of meaty foods, including mealworms, crickets, earthworms, frozen lancefish and shrimps (defrosted), and strips of squid. Oily fish (like salmon and mackerel) as well as fish guts will quickly pollute an aquarium but are very effective at tempting newly introduced specimens to eat. Once settled in many specimens will also eat floating pellets as well. There is no nutritional reason to feed gar live fish, and cheap goldfish or guppies ("feeder fish") in particular are a very good way to introduce parasites into an aquarium.

***The alligator gar is an aggressive, solitary fish. It is carnivorous and feeds by lurking amongst reeds and other underwater plant life, waiting for food to pass by. It has even been witnessed attacking a five foot alligator before devouring it. [1]

Though subsisting mostly on fish, the alligator gar will also eat waterfowl.

****They usually eat minnows and gizzard shad.

Answer 3

Gar is a scavenger fish, and will eat other dead fish. Gar is a long cigar shaped fish, with a long nose, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. The Alligator Gar can reach lengths of over 12 feet long, and weigh over 100 pounds. gar can be found anywhere Crappie, and Bass are. I've lost several good lures to Gar, because I cut the line. My hands are not going anywhere near a Gar's mouth!

Answer 4

No

LC