Help arowana is getting down eye

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Huh, but you still have not come up with any new reasons that have not been in countless other threads. You just happen to think your right. Whats my point? Your wrong.
 
David R said:
IMO that is great evidence that environmental factors have nothing to do with it. I subscribe to the theory that is a genetic problem, caused by indescriminate breeding on a mass scale. If you look at the other species of aro, the only other one that seems to get DE more frequently than in freak occurrances is the asian aro, which is also heavily farm bred (but with a bit more emphasis on quality than silvers).

When I was in Singapore I saw many large silvers in big ponds, some had DE, some didn't.


I agree with T1KARMANN; if you don't like DE spend the extra coin and get a black!!
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Silvers are more beautiful. The black aro usually comes in one color. And when they get older, their fins shorten. The silver aro comes in many different colors and if they are well cared for, when fully grown their fins and barbels do not shorten. Seems like only 1 in every 100 silver aros do not get DE. I am starting to lean towards genetics.
 
T1KARMANN said:
In the wild silver aros would live in muddy pools no the clear water we provide in tanks

It's something in a tank environment that silvers don't take we'll to but other aros seam to be able to deal with
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I've seen plenty of footage of silvers cruising through fairly clear water in the flooded forest, and I've seen many silvers in large muddy ponds in Singapore with DE.

I'm not convinced about the "looking down for food" theory, as quite often it seems to happen in one eye only (or far worse in one eye).
 
<Mythbuster>Well there's your problem!</Mythbuster>

If you are really concerned with your arowana developing drop eye, stop feeding goldfish which are high in fat!

Of all the thoeries that are being argued here, over feeding, feeding high fat food, and feeding goldfish are the things we can control.

And for the flashing red lights above your tank, if we were to hang a flashing red light over your bed, would you be more likely to keep looking at it, or to look away from the flashing red menace? At best your fish will learn to ignore it, at worst your fish will look down to avoid the annoyance and cause drop eye!


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David R said:
I've seen plenty of footage of silvers cruising through fairly clear water in the flooded forest, and I've seen many silvers in large muddy ponds in Singapore with DE.

I'm not convinced about the "looking down for food" theory, as quite often it seems to happen in one eye only (or far worse in one eye).
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so you think the large silvers in muddy pools grew up in that pool or do you think they grew in a tank then they were moved to the muddy pond when they got big i wonder

you do also understand that a lot of fottage used on TV is not actually filmed in the wild right
 
fishbum said:
Huh, but you still have not come up with any new reasons that have not been in countless other threads. You just happen to think your right. Whats my point? Your wrong.
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i have never stated i know why aros get drop eye all i have said is this topic comes up every few months and no one know why it happens
 
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