2 birds, 1 stone...

[FF MkII]

This morning i heard some splashing in my 300L and peered in through the darkness to see what was happening. I saw that my largest hujeta gar had something in its mouth. I thought it was a tetra then turned the lights on to find it was a smaller gar it had taken on, it was half its size and had only the tail sticking out. If thats not bad enough the effort it must have taken to swallow the little chap had ripped its throat to bits and had caused some internal damage too as it was floating upside down and sinking to the bottom. i caught the larger one and removed its last meal from its mouth thinking that it would be ok after but to no avail.....it kept sinking to the bottom then was being attacked by 6 grumpy Geos and about 30-40 buenos aires tetras. He didnt make it. :cry:

Ooops, just realised i put this in pleco chat....sorry.

 

[scatz]

double bummer, sorry mate:cry::cry:

 

[Doodles]

:cry::cry:

 

[SmithRC]

gutted mate.... not nice - once fish go down - they aint coming back up without a lot of damage

 

[Skilldeft]

i was hoping to keep these and was wondering how yours were getting on. I have been told if you keep a group you will end up with one... or none. having another go or is that the Gars over?

 

[FF MkII]

Still got one. They are aupposed to be very good with each other and they were not hungry as i fed them last night. I think because one was bigger than the other 2, i dont think you would have a problem if they were all the same size.

 

[bre]

Sorry to hear that Steve

 

[Stan]

That sucks mate! I had one years ago he would somehow eat anything up to 2/3 his size, even well fed.