As a native texan who is an avid fisherman and fish keeper, i deal with spotted gar, florida gar, long nose, and alligator gar on a fairly often occasion. I know for a fact they can stay comfortably in waters up to 85 degrees. I live in south east texas where it is above 90 degrees for up to 4 months and into the hundreds every single summer. Now maybe this is just the garfish that are use to living down here but dont be scare if your water gets a little warmer then the parameters listed in this video because here they usually spawn in late april when the temps already 85 average and the water isnt too far behind in temperature. Just figure id give this info to those out there because i have actual real world regular interaction with these fish. p.s. please dont keep thee fish in a 75 gallon tank thinking that since they breath air they are fine in smaller bodies of water. Really think before you buy and be prepared to atleast have 500+ gallon body of water for these gentle giants. and closer to 2000gallons for alligator gars due to the fact they WILL grow 7ft+ given enough time.
I caught a 4 1/2 ft gator gar last summer in August in the Biloxi, Mississippi(saltwater) Our average water temp for that month was around 86. I also hooked into a 3 or 4 foot longnose gar. They seem to be around all year over here.
Thanks for the update! Growing up we only had shortnose, longnose, and alligator gar. Spotted came a little later. This is the first I'm hearing about Florida, Tropical, and Cubano gar. I say, well done ol chap!
Hey Tsuki about gars, a lot of people during the floods in Kerala , caught gars i only saw one in a nearby river i don't know the exact species but they got realeased into the water from fish stores and aqauriums, one guy also caught an arapaima
We have Indian gar too but they don't grow that big and u might be probably telling about those released into the wild by people who cannot afford to keep bigger ones, it will be banned such like killer piranhas
I love these fish! The gars all seem so primitive but, the Alligator Gar is my all time favorite. The Tennessee State Museum had a taxidermied specimen for the longest. It was a large fish and I remember they had sharp teeth. They also like sluggish water and I have seen regular gar but, they're too small. Yeah Alligator Gar are the best!
Alligator gar are a protected species here, honestly I didn't know people kept them in aquariums and I'm a little shocked by it,, my cousin says he sometimes sees gar just kinda vibin when he goes fishing, but some ppl uh,,, delete them, bc they think they're dangerous,, but they're chill and a play a valuable role in any ecosystem they're in
I love the longnose gar. It fascinates me how and why their snouts are so ridiculously long. They're very hard to catch though because of their bony snouts, there's no meat to hook through. It's my dream though tk catch an alligator gar. They're so huge, I would love to catch a giant and hold it in my arms
Have you ever caught a gar? They're a pain to catch. I found an area infested with them and they'd bite and bite constantly but I only got 2 because they'd get off the hook so easy.
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 That's because they don't swallow immediately. They bite it, but they only grab onto it lightly and carry it away from other gar to a safe spot to eat it, and because of their "long nose" it takes them a few seconds to gobble it down. You can't set the hook immediately. Timing is everything. As you can see yes I have experience, I caught my first gar a year ago. I love catching them
i bought a Marble Gar for $44 online & in the description it says max size is 1ft. Its currently about 6½" & it looks like the Spotted Gar in the video
Gar are pretty common in most slow moving streams and rivers here in VA. Hard to catch because they grab and hold on with that bony beak for a bit before trying to eat what they grab. Same streams will have pickerel and bowfin, all of which are fun to catch and release. The little creek meandering through my nursery is no more than 3-4' wide but has these small 6"-10" redfin pickerel that are bold and entertaining to watch ambush minnows.
Wow. I didn’t know they were as old as dinosaurs. I want one then. It’ll be like having a pet dinosaur pet fish in my house. When I get a big tank, I may get the long nose gar. They are pretty.
I catch short nose gar all the time when fishing for bass or catfish, some people hate em but I honk they’re near, I respect their armor and like the fight they provide
Me too. I currently have 2 florida gars 2 longnose gars, a Cuban gar. A black Alligator gar, and a Erythristic red gar. Still hunting a true spotted ,shortnose and tropical.
The Gar here in Northern Wv look different than all in your video. They have a rounded tail with an extra flap on the top part of the tail that they use to hover. I didn’t see that on any of the gar in your video
Great information. I have been a huge gar fan for many years catching all but the Cuban and tropical species. Also supposed to be working with Louisiana biologist starting this spring to gather reach on alligator gar and I'm hoping to get them better protection.
i didn't actually know that but then again i've never tried to buy one, i guess they would survive in our waters in the summer but in the winter i don't think they'd survive. i can see why they're banned though as people seem to release anything in the rivers. They found a large piranha in a river up north
@@TsukiCove Long nose gar live fairly high up in the mountains. tons of them in kentucky. not sure uk gets much colder than high elevation kentucky even though it's much farther north.
Alligators can get up to 11 to 15 feet and be like triple its weight, but yeah, I see your point. Same with the Alligator Snapping Turtle. I guess everything with Alligator in the name is massive.
Do you know anything about Blue or red colored gar ? I live in Kentucky in the united states and have only seen one of each. Both in the same nest. About 3 foot long. It has been 20 years since I seen one . That is why I am wondering if anyone else has ever seen one. If not I thought about go to the area and trying to find one because maybe it is something that is not on record. Edit ,,, Also seen a turtle about ten foot around also here in Ky.
This video uses several of my photos, none of which are credited (or used with permission). You should be asking content creators for permission before using their material (much like someone taking your videos and using them for their own profit).
If anyone is looking for more information on keeping gar at home I recommend The Fish Whisper channel. He's got at least six I think and just built some giant ponds for them to live their life to their fullest!
Alligator Gar is the easiest to care for on paper because you need little to no knowledge of fish keeping to care for them as they will thrive in all sort of water parameters since PH and Temperature don't bother them. But that being said, they are not for beginners because they grow so large and grow incredibly fast too so you need to plan ahead if you are planning to buy one. Buy a tank atleast 240 gallons(8feet) this will be your Alligator Gar''s temporary home for the first year since their growth rate slows down incredibly once they reach 3-4 feet, then while your Alligator Gar is growing, you need to be planning on making a huge pond where your Gar can make a permanent home because as big as you Gar is at 3-4 feet, it is still a baby and will soon outgrow the 275 gallons and worse even break it.
Yes but they will eat them. Depending on your location too. But you should be fine as long as the pond is deep enough and don't freeze over. As they like to come to the surface and breath air.
"Seven true gar species" Top 7 Gars... makes sense, completely justified
Next up = the Top 1699 Cichlid species alive today!
@@tommyblansett9254 bruh the largest alligator gar ever recorded is 8.5ft so no way that happened
@Amari Forrest but why would u want to do that though..?
@@pqddachu It is a typical advertisement for those scammers, don't mind them, they are just trying to steal your personal information ;D
@@lukaspieper633 uh, no
As a native texan who is an avid fisherman and fish keeper, i deal with spotted gar, florida gar, long nose, and alligator gar on a fairly often occasion. I know for a fact they can stay comfortably in waters up to 85 degrees. I live in south east texas where it is above 90 degrees for up to 4 months and into the hundreds every single summer. Now maybe this is just the garfish that are use to living down here but dont be scare if your water gets a little warmer then the parameters listed in this video because here they usually spawn in late april when the temps already 85 average and the water isnt too far behind in temperature. Just figure id give this info to those out there because i have actual real world regular interaction with these fish. p.s. please dont keep thee fish in a 75 gallon tank thinking that since they breath air they are fine in smaller bodies of water. Really think before you buy and be prepared to atleast have 500+ gallon body of water for these gentle giants. and closer to 2000gallons for alligator gars due to the fact they WILL grow 7ft+ given enough time.
i just saw either a spotted or Florida gar in my pond in Conroe, TX . I was surprised
I caught a 4 1/2 ft gator gar last summer in August in the Biloxi, Mississippi(saltwater) Our average water temp for that month was around 86. I also hooked into a 3 or 4 foot longnose gar. They seem to be around all year over here.
Thanks for the update! Growing up we only had shortnose, longnose, and alligator gar. Spotted came a little later. This is the first I'm hearing about Florida, Tropical, and Cubano gar. I say, well done ol chap!
My spotted gar ate cut shrimp in the first day I got him, he’s now 50 cm in my 610 gallon tank
Will my gar eat a oscar
How old is your gar buddy plz let me know
Hey Tsuki about gars, a lot of people during the floods in Kerala , caught gars i only saw one in a nearby river i don't know the exact species but they got realeased into the water from fish stores and aqauriums, one guy also caught an arapaima
thats such a shame, i can imagine they'll do so much damage to the ecosystem, if that continues they'll probably get banned
@@TsukiCove most stores have stopped selling them
Yay mallu💯
So you are a Malayali just like me
We have Indian gar too but they don't grow that big and u might be probably telling about those released into the wild by people who cannot afford to keep bigger ones, it will be banned such like killer piranhas
Bruh my notifications are slow today
i was wondering why you werent there haha
Thank you for making the video my alligator gar thanks you and he is 13-15 inches and 6 months old
No problem :)
Gar are so beautiful, still I wouldn’t wanna swim with an alligator gar
i think i would give it a go but yeah definitely scary
I've swam with 7ft + alligator gar and they are truly gentle giants
@@legendaryfishing4362 I’d still be super scared! Had a book when I was a kid where one snapped an alligator in half, not very realistic 😂
There are no recorded gar bites. They're a gentle little species when it comes to humans.
@@aricaric1894 still scary looking!
I love these fish! The gars all seem so primitive but, the Alligator Gar is my all time favorite. The Tennessee State Museum had a taxidermied specimen for the longest. It was a large fish and I remember they had sharp teeth. They also like sluggish water and I have seen regular gar but, they're too small. Yeah Alligator Gar are the best!
Should come see ours in texas. The texas record was a 500 lbs.
Biggest I have seen while diving in the lakes was 150lbs about 3 to 4 feet.
Top ten most invasive fish species in the world
That would be a minnow
Common pleco :)
Carp
goldfish
Carp and roach
Alligator gar are a protected species here, honestly I didn't know people kept them in aquariums and I'm a little shocked by it,, my cousin says he sometimes sees gar just kinda vibin when he goes fishing, but some ppl uh,,, delete them, bc they think they're dangerous,, but they're chill and a play a valuable role in any ecosystem they're in
I love the longnose gar. It fascinates me how and why their snouts are so ridiculously long. They're very hard to catch though because of their bony snouts, there's no meat to hook through. It's my dream though tk catch an alligator gar. They're so huge, I would love to catch a giant and hold it in my arms
Have you ever caught a gar? They're a pain to catch. I found an area infested with them and they'd bite and bite constantly but I only got 2 because they'd get off the hook so easy.
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 That's because they don't swallow immediately. They bite it, but they only grab onto it lightly and carry it away from other gar to a safe spot to eat it, and because of their "long nose" it takes them a few seconds to gobble it down. You can't set the hook immediately. Timing is everything.
As you can see yes I have experience, I caught my first gar a year ago. I love catching them
@@austinhernandez2716 Yeah most people seem to use live or cut bait though. I was using a lure.
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 I use a lure too for fun, it's a challenge.
if you try to catch an alligator gar YOU'RE probably the one that's gonna get caught
Lol ironic that I was sold a spotted gar that my pet store thought was a Florida gar
Now I got both hehe
Same here !
I only knew about shortnose gar, alligator gar, and spotted gar.
I love seeing shortnose gar and would love to encounter some more species some day
i bought a Marble Gar for $44 online & in the description it says max size is 1ft. Its currently about 6½" & it looks like the Spotted Gar in the video
I never knew about those other 4 species of gar that makes me happy I love these animals very misunderstood
Spotted gar🥰😍
I only knew about the Alligator gar before this video!
Long nose and spotted gar are also found in Southern Ontario and Quebec. Long nose gar has also been seen in Lake Huron and Lake Ontario
Huron or heron
We have caught gar in North western Ontario too.
Please do one on trout
Gar are pretty common in most slow moving streams and rivers here in VA. Hard to catch because they grab and hold on with that bony beak for a bit before trying to eat what they grab. Same streams will have pickerel and bowfin, all of which are fun to catch and release. The little creek meandering through my nursery is no more than 3-4' wide but has these small 6"-10" redfin pickerel that are bold and entertaining to watch ambush minnows.
Oh I love gar 🤠
me too, i want one one day
I was in a game but now im here, I like gars so i will probably love the vid! Pet arnie for me
wiil do :)
Wow. I didn’t know they were as old as dinosaurs. I want one then. It’ll be like having a pet dinosaur pet fish in my house. When I get a big tank, I may get the long nose gar. They are pretty.
What is your intro song, it sounds so calming and relaxing. :)
Theres a gar species that is a hybrid too called the crocodile gar.
this is my type of video
There is a picture of an alligator gar from above that was around 11-13 feet long taken by a pilot in Texas who saw it multiple times.
I catch short nose gar all the time when fishing for bass or catfish, some people hate em but I honk they’re near, I respect their armor and like the fight they provide
What is your intro music name?(please tell me)
It's been a while but im early
good job tsuki
Thanks for sharing this, veryy
I like the short nosed gar, I have been looking to try to locate one.
Me too. I currently have 2 florida gars 2 longnose gars, a Cuban gar. A black Alligator gar, and a Erythristic red gar. Still hunting a true spotted ,shortnose and tropical.
Bro i souls like to see a some top about egyp biotop or Madagascar maybe about orient
Any update on the new snakehead?
the updates are all in the weekly update videos
THANK YOU FOR THIS , IM PLANNING TO BUY 12 OF THEM
I love your videos
I wish there was more gar footage in action. Not enough videos, too many photos. Get your footage together. Let me see that gar move
Thank you so much friend!!! Do you know if the alligator gar can be spotted in south Florida?
The best fish
The Gar here in Northern Wv look different than all in your video. They have a rounded tail with an extra flap on the top part of the tail that they use to hover. I didn’t see that on any of the gar in your video
Maybe it helps for our fairly fast moving streams
Great information. I have been a huge gar fan for many years catching all but the Cuban and tropical species. Also supposed to be working with Louisiana biologist starting this spring to gather reach on alligator gar and I'm hoping to get them better protection.
4:01 WALKING WITH DINOSAUR REFERENCE
I can’t remember which gar but I think the king nose gator also inhabits the Great Lakes.
The alligator gar is my favorite species
This is the reason I want to be rich
I want a gar pond 😁
What about the platinum Gar and the golden gar. They r the most expensive gar in the world, aren’t they?
They're just same species of gar with different colouration aka mutations
I wish you could buy spotted, short nose, and long nose in the uk but they’re banned cause of their cooler water temperatures
i didn't actually know that but then again i've never tried to buy one, i guess they would survive in our waters in the summer but in the winter i don't think they'd survive. i can see why they're banned though as people seem to release anything in the rivers. They found a large piranha in a river up north
@@TsukiCove shortnose would 100% survive in the uk climate, they are lot more cold tolerant than the other species.
@@TsukiCove Long nose gar live fairly high up in the mountains. tons of them in kentucky. not sure uk gets much colder than high elevation kentucky even though it's much farther north.
I've seen gar for sale here in southern England in shops, does any one know which is the smallest variety?
This might sound stupid but
The fact that alligator gar grows as big as alligators just boggles my mind
Alligators can get up to 11 to 15 feet and be like triple its weight, but yeah, I see your point. Same with the Alligator Snapping Turtle. I guess everything with Alligator in the name is massive.
Tsuki can you do an Israeli biotope? There are in Israel a lot of special species that only live there. Also I love your videos.
yeah im sure i can do at some point :) thanks for the support
@@TsukiCove i say the same
Do you know anything about Blue or red colored gar ? I live in Kentucky in the united states and have only seen one of each. Both in the same nest. About 3 foot long. It has been 20 years since I seen one . That is why I am wondering if anyone else has ever seen one. If not I thought about go to the area and trying to find one because maybe it is something that is not on record. Edit ,,, Also seen a turtle about ten foot around also here in Ky.
This video uses several of my photos, none of which are credited (or used with permission). You should be asking content creators for permission before using their material (much like someone taking your videos and using them for their own profit).
The intro music used on this channel is the same as the closing music used on another and I always get confused by it lol
What's the fish in the beginning of your video that's white colored
My favorite gar is the florida garfish.
I really want to keep a small gar with my arowana it would be really cool
Also I have a huge tank so it’s fine
I laughed at the Cuban gar. Call it the "sea gar" and export it.
Alligator gar is my favorite
my favorite one in this video was the gar
New rumours are gator gars can reach upto 12 to 24 ft in length
Pink Jade Gar !!!
Just curious where does the Platinum, and the all black gar goes in your top 7 gars????
If anyone is looking for more information on keeping gar at home I recommend The Fish Whisper channel. He's got at least six I think and just built some giant ponds for them to live their life to their fullest!
good thing I sold my Alligator gar last year 😥 I can't keep him in a good condition anymore, now he's on a bigger tank. Like a whole lot bigger.
5:26 he starts rapping
It would be really cool to see a georgia biotope
My favorite gar îs aligator gar,longnose gar and sport gar
i like the medium longnose gar
That was a sturgeon umoung those dead fish .. half a sec glance and I had to rewind and pause
YES FINALLY
You sure a big muskie would eat a long nose gar?
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my favorite is platinum gar
We have long nose & spotted gar in the creeks and rivers near me in South Texas.
I bet there are some alligator gar in there as well if you're in Sl Texas.
@@AtSafeDistance massive alligator gar
shortnose gar :)
I stop swimming in a lake in Kentucky because I saw a gar
I love my school of Alligator gar
We have a gar species that I have caught here in Georgian Bay , Ontario .
We have a long nose gar and spotted gar Florida
I caught 3 of em :}
I caught something that looks like a gur and I've been trying to figure out what type it is
long nose gar😊
between alligator gar and alligator spotted which line has more fierce and aggressive jaws?
The long nose is common where I live and fish.
I didn't know that there were 7 species of gar I thought there were only 5 species of gar found in the United States
the Cuban Cig- GAR
Hello there
I gar fisherman I catch giant gar in my front yard I got videos like on mother's day
My favourite is alligator gar
imagine amphibious gar
Out of 7 Which verity looks good
Alligator Gar is the easiest to care for on paper because you need little to no knowledge of fish keeping to care for them as they will thrive in all sort of water parameters since PH and Temperature don't bother them. But that being said, they are not for beginners because they grow so large and grow incredibly fast too so you need to plan ahead if you are planning to buy one. Buy a tank atleast 240 gallons(8feet) this will be your Alligator Gar''s temporary home for the first year since their growth rate slows down incredibly once they reach 3-4 feet, then while your Alligator Gar is growing, you need to be planning on making a huge pond where your Gar can make a permanent home because as big as you Gar is at 3-4 feet, it is still a baby and will soon outgrow the 275 gallons and worse even break it.
What is the fish in the intro
What about the platinum gar
Do all gars breath atmospheric
I saw a alligator gar in a PetSmart
What? that's crazy
I find it kinda sad that theres only 7 species of gar
I'd like to keep a spotted or longnose gar in my bass pond. Is that doable?
Yes but they will eat them. Depending on your location too. But you should be fine as long as the pond is deep enough and don't freeze over. As they like to come to the surface and breath air.