Heres a fish for your big tanks.

Wulfyn · 04-13-2012, 03:08 PM

Date is wrong in the pic. Was taken at Blue Springs when the manatees were in month or so ago.

OiZO · 04-13-2012, 04:54 PM

Sword?

KrazyFish · 04-13-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by OiZO

Sword?

Looks like a Florida Gar

AirstoND · 04-14-2012, 02:19 AM

I miss Blue Springs, Alexander springs, Rock Springs, but yeah it definitely looks like a gar

**wkndracer** · 04-14-2012, 03:55 PM

alligator gar, same species all across the south including Texas, ugly thing and good for???

ValMM · 04-14-2012, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by wkndracer

alligator gar, same species all across the south including Texas, ugly thing and good for???

They are an endangered species, of course you would want them in your tank.

KrazyFish · 04-14-2012, 04:32 PM

Alligator gars are amazing fish - they get quite massive too, like >6' long. They aren't aggressive towards humans either (as I understand) - but they still look scary as hell!

Miles · 04-14-2012, 06:56 PM

Some people have those in tanks, then they outgrow the tank and the people are so surprised lol amazing fish though, had those on "river monsters" a while ago

woomdawg · 04-14-2012, 09:49 PM

I used to sit on the dock that my sub was tied up to in port Canaveral Fl and watch those guys buy the dozen swimming around. Cool fish to watch.

bpb · 04-15-2012, 05:38 AM

Oh they get bigger than 6' but I agree. Awesome fish. Gentle giants. Harmless unless you hook one and get an incidental bite when releasing them. All fish bite, gars just happen to have sharp teeth. Safe to swim with though

LB79 · 04-15-2012, 11:45 AM

Yeah, all they eat are small(ish) fish.

Phivtoosyx · 04-15-2012, 03:51 PM

Beautiful fish. No way for me to tell if it is really an "alligator" gar, but Rivermonsters had a great episode on the alligator gar. Like a lot of animals, it got a bad rap early on. Surprisingly hard to catch with a traditional rod and reel. I think they are usually "hunted" with a bow and arrow since they break the surface often.

**Jeffww** · 04-15-2012, 04:00 PM

I don't think it's an alligator gar. They have wider snouts. Probably some other species of gar. There are tons of them. I've caught several three footers before (not alligators though).

frogmanjared · 04-15-2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffww

I don't think it's an alligator gar. They have wider snouts. Probably some other species of gar.

+1 Alligators don't have spots. Could be a longnose gar.

ua hua · 04-16-2012, 03:11 AM

It's hard to tell what kind of gar that is from the picture but check out this video of the alligator gar tank at the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, MO. I stopped their last summer when we went on vacation and that place is amazing and those gar are more than 6' long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekgcx...eature=related

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Miles Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 386	Some people have those in tanks, then they outgrow the tank and the people are so surprised lol amazing fish though, had those on "river monsters" a while ago

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woomdawg Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wappingers Falls NY Posts: 78	I used to sit on the dock that my sub was tied up to in port Canaveral Fl and watch those guys buy the dozen swimming around. Cool fish to watch.

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bpb Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: College Station, TX Posts: 591	Oh they get bigger than 6' but I agree. Awesome fish. Gentle giants. Harmless unless you hook one and get an incidental bite when releasing them. All fish bite, gars just happen to have sharp teeth. Safe to swim with though

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Phivtoosyx Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 60	Beautiful fish. No way for me to tell if it is really an "alligator" gar, but Rivermonsters had a great episode on the alligator gar. Like a lot of animals, it got a bad rap early on. Surprisingly hard to catch with a traditional rod and reel. I think they are usually "hunted" with a bow and arrow since they break the surface often.

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Jeffww Microsynodontis Lover (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 2,081	I don't think it's an alligator gar. They have wider snouts. Probably some other species of gar. There are tons of them. I've caught several three footers before (not alligators though).

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ua hua Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (34/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,172	It's hard to tell what kind of gar that is from the picture but check out this video of the alligator gar tank at the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, MO. I stopped their last summer when we went on vacation and that place is amazing and those gar are more than 6' long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekgcx...eature=related __________________ All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experimenting ourselves subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream in which is an imagination of ourselves. Bill Hicks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 90 gal. http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...as-90-gal.html My water garden http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/po...er-garden.html

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