Arowana Ping Pong ball trick

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i have never heard that 1 b4 but i have been told to put some floating plants so it looks up all the time ,i have a silver aro about 40cm plus and hasnt got drop at all not even the slightest, i only feed mine hikari pellets. my brothers one had drop eye when it was only 15cm but his one ate anything and everything, maybe the diet may cause it.
 
selki;2774000; said:
no one really knows the true explanation as to how or why the silvers are more prone to DE in a fishtank..but it is proven that the aros raised in ponds with no reflection from any sides have not gotten any form of DE. what the dimension on your aro tank?

thanks for the info. i've heard it could be caused by the aro always looking down. my biggest aro grew to about 10"-12" in a 36x18x16 40 gallon breeder tank, then i gave it to a friend with a bigger tank.
 
chinov35;2773724; said:
supposably worked on my mates rtg... it doesnt have DE.. it started to.. but yea.. ive seen it and its perfect.. but maybe he wasnt getting DE.. who knows.. my 2 cents LOL
Asians are known to be less prone to getting DE. All 15 of mine are perfectly fine.
 
rare to see an aro under 16" with DE. Its usually after 16" where they start getting DE.
 
just curious what DE looks like?? wold anyone do me the pleasure of posting a pic??
 
Search engine will lead you to many pics. Whenever you find a picture of a huge silver, it usually has DE.
 
bitteraspects;2776458; said:
no. its all a myth. DE is genetic and cant be cured by a little plastic ball. lol
Its true theres no proven cures, except the pond, but its also not proven how it is caused. If its genetics, then why do all big silvers ive seen have DE while only a couple asian aros ive seen have DE with 95% of them not having DE? And they ones with DE varies from chili reds to X backs, so how would this be genetics?
 
I have seen silvers from 8" and up getting DE my theory is genetics because I have kept many silvers in the same tank 1 after another with the same diet (Hikari food sticks, barebottom tank) while most did have DE some didn't. there is no guarantee that a silver will not develope DE even the huge wild 1's in National Geographic episode fishes of the Amazon had DE.
 
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