I Totally Feel Sorry For These Alligator Gars.

[kj23502]

Alligator gar

What they are doing is more cruel than transporting them. Plus they say drying out the tank will ruin it??? I've never ever had that happen in all my 15ish years of fish keeping and I haven't heard of it happening to anyone I know, either.

 

[kj23502]

That tank is way to small

 

[maximinimus]

Alligator gar

What they are doing is more cruel than transporting them. Plus they say drying out the tank will ruin it??? I've never ever had that happen in all my 15ish years of fish keeping and I haven't heard of it happening to anyone I know, either.

Oh my that's awful!!!!
In the wild these fish reach around 10ft in length don't they?

 

[kj23502]

Alligator Gar Size - World record on rod and reel is 279 pounds but they get bigger - some have been reported up to 350 pounds and 10 feet long. Most caught by fishermen and bow fishermen now is around 100 pounds.

In aquariums gars are quite demanding and require a lot of space and clean water. I recommend you to use as big a tank as you can for your gar, and I wouldn't recommend keeping gars in an aquarium smaller than 200 Gallon/720 L. And that should be considered a minimum; a 400 gallon/1400 L tank is preferable.