the juvenile atractosteus spatula

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the juvenile atractosteus spatula

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the reason for me giving the name as is in latin, is because all the gar family is put in a single name and that is the gator gar, which is not right

as the lepisosteus and the atractosteus are two different families altogether, and require very different sized aquaria nd have quite different attitudes towards tankmates

anyways this is the largest among all and is the one who think any thing that moves in the tank is food

i got this fish when it was hardly 3.5"

the current size is 9" and in just 2 months, these have the fastest growth rate may be lesser than some of the monster cats.

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Just getting confused how many monsters you have :D
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Beautiful fish!!
What is the tank size?
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thats a beautiful fish Jib. was reading up on them after seeing your post of Monster In The Backyard.
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Abhishek wrote:Just getting confused how many monsters you have :D
even i get confused at times, keeping 20+ tanks does make it confusing
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SCORPIO wrote:Beautiful fish!!
What is the tank size?
the current tank it is in is more than 1300 ltrs
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Zakk wrote:thats a beautiful fish Jib. was reading up on them after seeing your post of Monster In The Backyard.
yes Zakk they are amazing fish, especially in terms of character and behavior
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Nice one ! Could you tell yes more about the Feeding and aggression of this guy?
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