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shockey84 Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-May-2006 | i recently seen a fish called a needle nose fish in my local fish store i cant seem to find any information about them? fish was probally about the length of two middle fingers together. any help would be great Thanks! |
 Posted 29-May-2006 01:54 |     |
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006   | I know these. Needlefish. They are a type of gar. Very cool they never exceed a foot and are highly predatory. I was considering them but I think they need a big part live food diet. Hope i helped...   Chris |
| Posted 29-May-2006 02:44 |   |
bettachris    Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 |  Edited by bettachristhey can be housed in fresh water, however really are brackish. they should get about 8-10 inches, i haven't really seen any of them bigger than that. a 55 gallon should be enough. and a long tank is better than a high as they are top water fish. |
| Posted 29-May-2006 03:29 |  |
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