Tiger Bichir they call it.. Hehehehe...

wa lao~    nice bro!    i got one gar, but i think mine is spotted gar, not a gator gar..  he's silver color with spot on his body and a line at his eyes.

yup, it's florida gar! it'll bigger than i thought!!    erk~ need to upgrade my tank to 4 ft when the time comes~

6ft better.. haha.    what's different between florida gar and spotted gar? how long both can reach in length?

Wow.. must be one huge lake! Any pics? 

Mind sharing more pictures of the Gars? I started off with four but only two survived.

Now, I estimate their size as around 10in or so.

What's your feeding schedule like? How many feeders do they whack a day? More importantly, what to do about the huge amount of waste they produce? I have to do water change every other day 

That's a 300 gallon pond? Is that a typo bro? How big are the Arapaimas?

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Added on May 25, 2011, 8:17 pm
bro lee n bro pimpin, from ur opinion la, how much the cost if i wanna make an aquarium, it's not an aquarium actually like aqua showroom like at xian leng, 5ft x 5ft  have a glass in front, and another part will concrete.  including the filtration system.

well, help me ask ur dad.. can meh? 

Yeah, I do have about 10 ponds or so. The ones that I have measurements for are the smaller ones: 3000gal, 6000gal, 40000gal and then the rest are all basketball court sizes and larger. But not all in one place of course, but each house has at least one pond.

I believe its already happened? Ask the fish suppliers to confirm if Gars can be brought in legally anymore. Because people release them into local rivers and lakes - that's why any non-native fish is often banned or viewed as a threat.

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Added on May 25, 2011, 11:06 pm

Some are concrete, while some aren't. The biggest concrete pond is the 40,000gal pond. The rest are already mature ecosystems over 10 years old in some cases.

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Added on May 25, 2011, 11:07 pm

Some are concrete, while some aren't. The biggest concrete pond is the 40,000gal pond. The rest are already mature ecosystems over 10 years old in some cases.

I believe its already happened? Ask the fish suppliers to confirm if Gars can be brought in legally anymore. Because people release them into local rivers and lakes - that's why any non-native fish is often banned or viewed as a threat.

people dont do any research before they get something to keep as pet, like gator gars, they will get huge, and by the time the 3ft tank cant fix them anymore, then they release them to the lake.. that's why all this happen..  

Sometimes the LFS also don't educate the customers which is why in the US, people buy Giant Gouramis, Pacus, etc not knowing how big they will grow. But customers must also make sure they have all the information as well. Would you adopt a kid without knowing anything about him/her at all?

The practice of releasing into the local waters is the main reason why fishes like these are banned. It's the fault of those who were in over their heads and did not have any other option short of killing the fish.
I think some LFS still have existing stock, plus I don't know if banned for sure but I do know there aren't as readily available now as they were before.

I saw what might have been a Cuban, it was the fairest whitest Gar I've seen about 6in long at this small fish shop in Centrepoint BU. Could be another type of Gar. Was just last week.

Well the real enforcement will happen on the suppliers/retailers end I suppose. There is no practical way for the government to do anything about the fishes already in the hands of private owners.

Take the case of the hornbill (or whatever bird that was) in Sarawak where owners had a period of amnesty whereby they could surrender their pet with no legal repercussions. That's for an animal native to that part of the world. The fishes we're discussing for the most part aren't native so there is no reason for confiscating aside from destroying the animals.

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Added on May 26, 2011, 4:53 pm

Its the only pet shop in Centrepoint bro. Ground floor.

i'm lookin for ornate bichir.. anyone?

doesn't matter, but i prefer the smaller one, which lfs...?