View Full Version : a question for neo
dialphantom
08-20-2005, 7:00 PM
in your gallery theres pics of a aro geting eye surgery i have a few questions about it
is it yours
did u jsut pulll that sucker out of the tank
why did u do it
what was wrong wit hits eye
thanx neo i could have pm'ed this but i figure everyone else would be interested
neoprodigy
08-20-2005, 8:11 PM
the pix came from a book... the aro got a a drop eyes... so the guy cut the fat off... one of the theory on drop eye is the fat deposit in the eye socket....
dialphantom
08-20-2005, 8:12 PM
ahhh thank u
softturtle
08-22-2005, 3:31 AM
did it fix the problem?
piranha45
08-22-2005, 10:40 AM
yes... but i believe it was said that if the arow continued to eat a poor diet, the problem would happen again
DanDanUK
08-22-2005, 10:54 AM
yes... but i believe it was said that if the arow continued to eat a poor diet, the problem would happen again
Once an Aro gets drop eye is there any other cure for them other than having to cut away the fatty deposits ?
piranha45
08-22-2005, 11:26 AM
personally, I don't know.
rayman45
08-22-2005, 11:42 AM
i think the ping pong ball method works
bluedempsey
08-22-2005, 2:16 PM
one of my friends has an indoor pond
i think that since it is alway looking for food and the place it can look is up
it never devolped drop eye.....
it has been in there for 3 yrs
and it's like 30 plus inchs
Is it true that black aros don't get drop eye?
Loubard
08-23-2005, 8:43 AM
A friend of mine has a black arowana and it has a drop eye on his left eye!
I was shocked when I saw it, because I to believed that blacks don't get it. But if you think about it, it sound very onlogical. Because the have the same kind of eyes, right?
AlaskaJammin
09-08-2005, 6:40 AM
That has to suck, I wonder what he was feeding it
Loubard
09-08-2005, 7:53 AM
You mean the friend of mine?
In that case I can answere you question. He has him in with two huge (40 cm) orange pikes (pair), a few pleco's, a 20 cm catfish with I don't know the name of, a lima shovelnose and some geophagus. The tank also has a population of about 50 guppy's and because he has some hiding places for them, there always around 50.
He feeds them, besides the guppy's, ansjovis, red/black mosquito larve and cichlid pellets. A ocasionaly some fry's from his breeding tanks upstairs (if there misformed or do not represent his standard).
I will try to get some pic's this weekend.