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Needle Nose Gar Needlefish ~ Freshwater Garfish ~ Silver NeedlefishFamily: Belonidae
Latest Reader Comment - See More Great fish that stays on top and minds its own business. I had 2 but passed away, but not hard to keep at all. Sean 2009-07-30 The surface dwelling Needle Nose Gar resembles a twig floating in the water, and so sometimes is called a Stickfish!Needle Nose Gar Contents This Needle Nose Gar, also called the Freshwater Garfish or Silver Needlefish, is not a gar at all but is actually one of the few freshwater members of the needlefish family. The common name of gar is used because there are similarities between this fish and the true gars. True gars are illegal to keep in many areas so this fish makes a good, legal substitute. Needlefish are schooling fish so they do best in groups of 3 or more. Its mouth full of rows of sharp teeth might make you think that this is an aggressive fish, but the Needle Nose Gar really isn't. Those teeth are used strictly to hold their live meals. It will grab its prey whole in its mouth, then adeptly maneuver it about to be swallowed. Tank mates should be large enough so they cannot be swallowed by a needlefish and this is larger than you may think. They are able to eat prey that is almost twice as thick as their bodies are. For more Information on keeping this fish see:
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| Great fish that stays on top and minds its own business. I had 2 but passed away, but not hard to keep at all.
2009-07-30 |
| If feeders are stored in the tank with Gars will they eat when they are hungry or get use to the feeders and go with out food? I have been puting shrimp plets in the tank because I'm afarid that they are not eating the feeders...
2009-02-27 |
| How big do needlenose get?
2009-02-16 |
| He had a blood blister on his bottom lip, it looked like a cluster of grapes. Today his blister fell off but it took half of his bottom lip off and then it died. What kind of illness was that?
2008-12-29 |
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