preventing drop eye

[bluedempsey]

how do u pervent it? :feedback:

[dodgefreak8]

don't buy a sliver :) . I followed all the rules for preventing it but it still got it. A black or jardini have a far less chance of getting it but it does still occure with them to.. good luck

[redtailfool]

Or get a WILD CAUGHT SILVER. Its the limited gene pool of captive bred silver aros
that are a major factor for drop eyes IMO.

[shovelnose]

Or get a WILD CAUGHT SILVER. Its the limited gene pool of captive bred silver aros
that are a major factor for drop eyes IMO.

man i wish that was true my wild silver has it in 1 eye :cry:

[redtailfool]

man i wish that was true my wild silver has it in 1 eye :cry:


Sorry to hear Hows the diet?? Ive seen a lot of wild adult silvers that live in regular fish tanks with no drop eye.

[rayman45]

ping pond ball on the surface

[redtailfool]

Ping Pong balls are thought to be a preventative for d.e . Who knows if it actually works or not. Enclosed tanks are known to work though.

[dodgefreak8]

tried the ping png ball and top water feeding and non fatty foods and substrate on the bottom other than bare glass. nothing worked oh well I still think he's cool. just gave him character

[peanut]

hi drop a small ball in to the tank it makes them look up instead of down

[Fishman8]

hi drop a small ball in to the tank it makes them look up instead of down

Eyedroop is not caused by the fish's reflection at the bottom of the aquarium nor by bacteria attacks but by the type of food fed to the fish, from what i read in a book, 2 asian hobbyist conducted experiments on feeding tough anchunky foods to their aro and after a few days with this kind of food, the eyes drooped, so it is recommended to feed your aro small and tender kind of foods. I hope this helps.

[yummyyan]

agreed...

[aquaman4fish]

Prevention of Drop-eye.
Don't overfeed, keep the fish in heathy shape...not a fat fish, and put a couple of ping pong balls in the tank for him to look up at all the time when he swims..... I did this and it helped my RTG Arowana drop-eye improve by 95%. It is still not perfect like the other eye but it is find to me at just a slight drop.

[rayman45]

put a goldfish inside one of those little containers that you get in the quater machines.
fill it with a little water and a gold fish, make sure it floats.
it use to do it with my oscars. they would chase it for hours.
gives them a good work out

[aquaman4fish]

Hummm......creative Rayman45! I'm going to try that with my RTG Arowana to give him more exercise! :) ;)

[joechua]

I come across this article http://arowanaclub.com/stories.php?story=03/01/14/2046318 . This article is about drop eyes hopes it is useful to you. Infact I made some changes to my tank after reading it.

[joechua]

To share with you all of my changes in my tank I post some of before n after. And I found that changes also enhence abit in the colouration of my RTG :) ( Bare, black back ground n added with gravel)

[EZHOOPS]

stick with thier natural foods like insects, on the surface or small birds. wild caught insects are probably best = less fatty.

[shovelnose]

Sorry to hear Hows the diet?? Ive seen a lot of wild adult silvers that live in regular fish tanks with no drop eye.

damn thing won't eat anything but freezedried krill, funny because it grew up
eating cichlid pellets and hikari food stick

[ashdavid]

Or get a WILD CAUGHT SILVER. Its the limited gene pool of captive bred silver aros
that are a major factor for drop eyes IMO.

Wild caught or breed it wont make a difference in the fish getting drop eye. I have seen hundreds of wild caught silvers and 95% of the time they develope drop eye once placed in a tank, even the big ones.
It is an enviromental problem and stoping it from occuring can difficult.

[jk88]

intresting lots of preventive measures, but maybe genes plays a part too

[SKYLINE_WJ]

ya..genes play a part too..

but the tank setting we can do abit to help prevent drop eye..

put gravel is a idea. :)

[Peanut_Power]

I'm a little baffled by the ping pong ball..how do you keep the aro from eating it? LOL...i mean i know they probably could! And they seem to like to eat everything...i know my 7/8" one eats just about everything i put in the tank, even go and steal it from the cichlids...so i would be a little worried about droppin one in....

[Luck89_Dicuss]

Place in a dark tank with for sides covered....

[SKYLINE_WJ]

I'm a little baffled by the ping pong ball..how do you keep the aro from eating it? LOL...i mean i know they probably could! And they seem to like to eat everything...i know my 7/8" one eats just about everything i put in the tank, even go and steal it from the cichlids...so i would be a little worried about droppin one in....


aro are clever ...
its ok to drop in the ping pong balls...
:)

[arofanatics]

well... if there is a lot of reason due to droop eyes...
1: their diet... fat food that provide extra fats around the eyes.
2: too hungry... aro tend to look down more for food.
3: height of ur tank... depend if u having two or more tier tanks
4. illness... poor water condition
5. movement... there is too much movement in their surrounding.

anyway the above is just my own conclusion..

[SKYLINE_WJ]

but aro genes play a major part too..

[arofanatics]

but aro genes play a major part too..
agree... but can do some major operation to get the fats out...
seen on magazine b4

[ashdavid]

but aro genes play a major part too..

The main cause is enviromental. Think of it this way wild silvers do not develope it in the wild, but when introduced into an aquarium 95% of the time they develope drop eye, this is an enviromental problem combined with diet. Just b/c silvers are more likely to develope this disorder dose not automaticaly mean it is genetics.

[Dragon Keeper]

ping pond ball on the surface

May be also put a blinking light ( bicycle light ) together with the ping pong ball.

[SKYLINE_WJ]

May be also put a blinking light ( bicycle light ) together with the ping pong ball.


this is another idea... :grinno:

[zhiz22]

If your aro is on the lower tier of the fish stand (near to the floor), your aro has low chance of getting droopy eye

[crazystereo]

I tried the ball floating in the tank. It simply did not exist to my aro. He paid zero attention to it. I think it drew more attention from my daughter, how was trying to figure out why one of her toys was in the tank.

[SKYLINE_WJ]

I tried the ball floating in the tank. It simply did not exist to my aro. He paid zero attention to it. I think it drew more attention from my daughter, how was trying to figure out why one of her toys was in the tank.


maybe u can draw a few lines/with dots to attract the attention

[Masa_Rov]

I'm a little baffled by the ping pong ball..how do you keep the aro from eating it? LOL...i mean i know they probably could! And they seem to like to eat everything...i know my 7/8" one eats just about everything i put in the tank, even go and steal it from the cichlids...so i would be a little worried about droppin one in....
I have been told to remove the ping-pong ball once the arow is big enough to eat it because there have been reports of aros lodging ping-pong balls inside their mouths. (Some arows may be dumber than others.)

My aro, still small, did try to eat the ping pong ball the first time I placed it in the tank, but it has given up on it and does not seem to notice it much.

Masa

[DeLgAdO]

i wont risk putting a ping pong ball in my tank, my arow will think its a giant pellet made just for him.