Gar Species Threads #8

[Zacquir]

Saw some juveniles at yunfeng.

[denser]

Originally Posted by chowmingen

nice pattern gar

[WXTan]

hi all,

is there any diff between snow white gar and platinum gar?

[Sunday]

Sad how without AquaHobby, the market for source of exotic gars has almost disappeared. I haven't seen juvenile Cubans for sale for quite a long time! I did however manage to get my hands on a small Trop couple of days ago. Whatever happened to Stones too?

[patclay]

Originally Posted by WXTan

hi all,

is there any diff between snow white gar and platinum gar?

Platinum gar more silverfish while snow gar is more whitish.

[patclay]

Originally Posted by patclay

Platinum gar more silverfish while snow gar is more whitish.

I meant platinum gar more silver in colour...

[WXTan]

Originally Posted by patclay

I meant platinum gar more silver in colour...

thanks for explanation.

understand from past posts that platinum gar will cost min $2k and above.

whats the price range for snow white gar like?

[Sunday]

Originally Posted by WXTan

thanks for explanation.

understand from past posts that platinum gar will cost min $2k and above.

whats the price range for snow white gar like?

If i'm not mistaken Snow Gars are much more expensive. Platinum Gars can have blemishes while Snow variants are usually totally clean. As for exact price, gotta' wait for one of the owners here to help you with that!

[WXTan]

Originally Posted by Sunday

If i'm not mistaken Snow Gars are much more expensive. Platinum Gars can have blemishes while Snow variants are usually totally clean. As for exact price, gotta' wait for one of the owners here to help you with that!

thanks . seems like they come in seasonal period. keeping a lookout for it on LFS

[Sunday]

Originally Posted by WXTan

thanks . seems like they come in seasonal period. keeping a lookout for it on LFS

I've never actually seen Platinum and Snow variants in shops. Usually need to have contacts to get them unless you see someone selling on the forums. But usually all quite large. For Snows, they always seem to be Alligator Gars which grow very fast and get very big. Platinums are usually Florida Gars.