needle fish

[cocoa_pleco]

heres a pic of one of my newest fish, a needle fish (in the 90g). i would prefer not to feed feeder fish so i got one trained on frozen food and live crickets

[Kaga's Kritters]

they are neat fish

[Incredulous_Ed]

very cool! dont they need to be in schools?

[mp3rp]

That is one sick fish. Congrats on getting it:19:

[cocoa_pleco]

nope, i believe they live alone

[Drumachine09]

Not sure how he is going to do in your 90. You've got an awful lot of fish in there, and a lot of them are fairly aggressive.

[cocoa_pleco]

theyre all fine, its heavily filterd and none are agressive. by the time the jack dempsey, green terror, and pacu get big i will have the 150g

[shockshockshad]

Nice fish!

[squirt_12]

very cool....it sort of looks like a half beak.

[snipers_den]

awesome fish........

[TowBoater]

My lfs has them as well, they are neat!! Whats some info on them?

[Tooch]

I had 2 of these in my 150gal. They were each about 4-5" long, and very quick. I thought they would be ok with the Oscar, as they were together all the time and he never gave them a 2nd look. Turns out I was wrong when I found one's head on the rocks... So I moved the remaining one to my 20gal feeder tank hoping he bulks up. When I move my piranha to the 75 gal, I'm going to put him in their old 40gal

[cocoa_pleco]

they get 6", eat feeders and crickets, and stay at the top of the tank

[Tooch]

Ah crap, that's as big as they get? I was under the impression that they got quite a bit larger. Guess he'll never graduate to my 265!

[cocoa_pleco]

crap, i think they get bigger, i was told mines fullgrown and hes 6" but petsmart employees are idiots

[Tooch]

I'm not sure how reputable this Drs Foster and Smith are, but according to this site, they get to just over a foot...

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1897

This one from Elmers says up to a foot... It's really hard to know who to trust :confused:

http://elmersaquarium.com/10gar_needlenose.htm

[cocoa_pleco]

foster and smith are really smart so i would go by them

[Tooch]

And Wikipedia says 40" - 60"! :scry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longnose_gar

[cocoa_pleco]

WTF, this makes no sense. lol

i dont trust wikipedia, since anyone can alter the articles

[Tooch]

LOL very true. So if we go by the simple rule that the fish will grow anywhere from 6" to 6', we should be fine! :19:

[TowBoater]

Long nose and needle nose aren't the same I don't think.

[goleafs]

crap, i think they get bigger, i was told mines fullgrown and hes 6" but petsmart employees are idiots

Petsmart employees are idiots. I've done alot of research and I'm thinking of getting one or two they get 10-14 inches long, grow very slow, they are not in the gar family and they're related to the silver needlefish (not sure on the name) which are saltwater and get quite big.

[snipers_den]

chaulk other one up for the petsmart brain trust !!!!!!...... one of theyre clowns told me they dont get any bigger than 8 inch....so i bought 3 and stocked up my new 100g with them. and a small mouth bass....

[Tooch]

Well, I guess we'll be the authority on it. We'll just keep each other updated with the progress I suppose! I know mine for one grows very slowly. He's even been housed in the feeder tank with his choice of what/when to eat! He'll be moved to a 40gal tank when we get the larger piranha tank up and running