Any one figgered out the cause or cure for Drop Eye yet?

[addicted2cichlids]

i dont have any experience with aros but from what ive seen and observed is that they tend to look down alot. this might sound crazy but what about lowering the water level just enough for the aro to swim without rubbing the tank floor and or keeping the tank low? im just as confused as you guys are!
just my two cents!

 

[Bderick67]

i dont have any experience with aros but from what ive seen and observed is that they tend to look down alot. this might sound crazy but what about lowering the water level just enough for the aro to swim without rubbing the tank floor and or keeping the tank low? im just as confused as you guys are!
just my two cents!

Wouldn't this cause the aro to look down even more, you still will not have created a reason for the aro to look up. Looking down is the result not the cause.

 

[crashinc25]

Ok, time to play devil's advocate........
We yell and scream at tanks being too small, about Petsmart & Walmart and their deplorable conditions and fight over tattooed or dyed fish.
Am I the only one who is seeing the hypocrisies in keeping a fish that we assume gets DE because of missing components in our waters, or collisions with tank walls, or not having a food supply overhead.

Just a thought. Don't get your panties in a bunch. No need to yell back.

 

[Bderick67]

Ok, time to play devil's advocate........
We yell and scream at tanks being too small, about Petsmart & Walmart and their deplorable conditions and fight over tattooed or dyed fish.
Am I the only one who is seeing the hypocrisies in keeping a fish that we assume gets DE because of missing components in our waters, or collisions with tank walls, or not having a food supply overhead.

Just a thought. Don't get your panties in a bunch. No need to yell back.

It's just a discussion, if you have nothing to add, then why post?

 

[amehel0]

i have read that drop eye is caused in the home aquaria because they strat to eat sinkin pellts which they need to look down to and that a good way to cure it is to use ping pong ballz and they focus on the ball which then brings in the theory of another members post that they dont focuse on anything and the muscular tissue around the eye deterioates so that when they need to look u they cant due to insufficient strenght.

but seriously guys try pig pong ballz floating around if your aro can eat em use sumthin bigger and use a few of em. i read they had great sucess after a few months

 

[Bderick67]

i have read that drop eye is caused in the home aquaria because they strat to eat sinkin pellts which they need to look down to and that a good way to cure it is to use ping pong ballz and they focus on the ball which then brings in the theory of another members post that they dont focuse on anything and the muscular tissue around the eye deterioates so that when they need to look u they cant due to insufficient strenght.

but seriously guys try pig pong ballz floating around if your aro can eat em use sumthin bigger and use a few of em. i read they had great sucess after a few months

This is just a story the ping pong ball manufacturers have come up with to get you to buy their product

 

[crashinc25]

It's just a discussion, if you have nothing to add, then why post?

 

[bob351]

i have no idea but could there eyes be sensitive t light more so than other species and it hurts to look up into the light over time, i have no idea just a random though

 

[DanProwse]

I know one person who has always managed to raise his silvers without dropeye.
He's been keeping fish for 40 years or so, and is an "old skool" fish keeper, using no medication except salt and no additives such as de-chlor or water conditioner etc.

 

[amehel0]

This is just a story the ping pong ball manufacturers have come up with to get you to buy their product

um it actually isnt and u are staring to annoy just thought id let u know. its a method used and has been reports of sucess.