another drop eye concern

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ive read that swimming slanted has something to do with the rays of light passing thru the tank.

do u notice him swimming slanted @ day when lights are off? just the outside sun? i notice mine did, not only the aro but the other fishes as well.

try to look at him at night when the tank is being lit by the aquarium itself.

just my 2cents, other than that i have no explanation.
 
I think DE might cause an aro to swim slanted, i've also noticed that in my aros with dropeye, or it might be whatever caused the aro to swim slanted also caused the aro to have DE
 
i think DE is like natural. jus like a flounder has eyes normal when its born, then as it grows they curve over to 1 side so it sits flat on the bottom of the ocean. helps them have a better view on there living life style...

a baby aro has perfect eyes then as it grows drop eye is developd. it helps them see there tankmates or any predators from below, but still have the ability to look up to get there prey out of waters.

u never know lol
 
ethnics;877958; said:
i think DE is like natural. jus like a flounder has eyes normal when its born, then as it grows they curve over to 1 side so it sits flat on the bottom of the ocean. helps them have a better view on there living life style...

a baby aro has perfect eyes then as it grows drop eye is developd. it helps them see there tankmates or any predators from below, but still have the ability to look up to get there prey out of waters.
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that is absurd

those two are completely different, that is part of the flounders biology and is in no way abnormal for its species.


drop eyes in arowanas IS abnormal and more comparible to male killer whales who have the collapsed dorsal fin when they are put into captivity, and yet nobody knows how they aquire it either.
 
so thats why when i went to sea world they had that!

anyway, there are many theorys on drop eye, but it isn't a natural occurance. If it was suppose to happen naturally, then many wc specimins would have it, and it would get passed on in the wild, but we do not see this happening.
 
I don't think it's natural adaptation and to the original post I don't think it's causing his awkward swimming.. look for other reasons for that.
 
Yeah I dont even know what to look for.

How about any one of the following as a reason for the swimming,the DE,or both?

A)He jumps more than any aro I've ever kept,and is constantly hitting his head,twice hard enough to lose scale,I dunno.

B)about a week and a half ago he jumped out during a WC,he landed on carpet but he may have hit his head on the stand on the way down,all I recall hearing is a splash and some flapping.

C)He seems to do it quite a bit less when I'm not next to the tank,unless my eye's are bad and I just cant tell from that far.Being as I feed him a variety of floating and sinking foods I figure it's possible he may look up at the surface with one eye and down with the other,weather that caused DE or its just a coincidence that he looks down with the DE side I dont have a theory on really.

how bout it can we start checking those off as well,lol?

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if aros dont have drop eye in the wild. show me pics of 100s of wild aros that dont have it. so far i've seen 1 wild aro pic in wizzins avatar, and even that aro has drop eye.

finish highschool delgado. then try using big words.
 
i noticed my jardini swim slanted also thats when its eye on that side started looking down (this my second jardini that did this) imo i believe that its because the tank is off the ground and the fish is looking at the ground so it brings me to believe that in the wild young fish tend to live in shallow waters with no drop off to look at, which brings the idea that covering the sides of your tank will help keep the fish from looking down at the ground
 
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