Arowana drop eye causes?

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Not trying to start anything by typing this post...but there are atleast two threads a month on this. They also usually turn into an argument between members. If you do a search you will probably find all the info you need.
 
Silent Bob said:
Not trying to start anything by typing this post...but there are atleast two threads a month on this. They also usually turn into an argument between members. If you do a search you will probably find all the info you need.
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Ok I will close the post and search it, I don't really need any info I am just curious about people's views on how/why it happens. Thanks for the advice.


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It is a controversial topic but I'd much rather see a discussion thread like this as opposed to another "what should i put in my new ten gallon?" thread.

There is no proven answer as far as I know but I believe that it is a trauma related occurence. Considering how it seems like the majority of aro deaths are from jumping out/bashing into something, they obviously like to run into things. Add in the fact that it is usually only present in larger fish capable of hitting things with more force then it makes sense in that regard. It also sometimes only occurs in one eye, which could be explained by trauma as well.

I would be interested in seeing someone raise a silver aro to adult size in a inflatable pool covered with something soft like mesh. It seems like to could help prove/disprove the trauma theory.
 
That is a good theory but I have read that aro's that have spent a majority of their life in a pond rarely develop DE but that could just be because there is more room and no lid to bash in to, my personal theory is that in a glass aquarium everything is going on underneath them and nothing apart from feeding happens above unlike their natural habitat where they are constantly looking at the surface for insects, frogs, birds etc and my guess about it only happening in 1 eye is that a lot of the silvers seem to have a habit or circling the tank in 1 direction a lot more than the other. My other theory is that maybe for some reason due to the silvers anatomy it is particularly prone to infection of the upper eye muscles and they just wither. These are just my thoughts and what I have learnt from research and I welcome any one to tell me why they agree or disagree and their reasons why :)


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head trauma.. my latest aro is as calm as could be and never saw it jump no de at 12'' long.. i never gave it live foods either until one day i decided to give him a goldfish and as he tried to catch it he banged his head. I was there to see and hear it. He eventutaly had a little scratch on his head that healed in about a week.i It was that point forward when i realized his one eye started to drop.
 
Silent Bob said:
Not trying to start anything by typing this post...but there are atleast two threads a month on this. They also usually turn into an argument between members. If you do a search you will probably find all the info you need.
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I was going to say the same thing..

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