Black arowana question
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They can but the chances are extremely slim. I've probably only seen a few with drop eye over the past 15 years.
I've been keeping black arowana for roughly 50 years and have never had D/E in any of the examples I've seen. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Asian breeders have purposefully bred genetically defective silvers for decades, likely because they've identified breeders that are prolific and it's easier to make up bogus stories about 'yeah, your arowana looked downward too often while searching for food' or some other BS than it is to find genetically ideal fish pairs that are also often randy.
Silver arowana are genetically predisposed to known common faults like drop eye due exclusively to irresponsible breeding practices. Once black arowana have been bred in captivity to the same degree you may suspect that they too will have some similarly heinous problem as long as they come from the same Asian fish farms.
Silver arowana are genetically predisposed to known common faults like drop eye due exclusively to irresponsible breeding practices. Once black arowana have been bred in captivity to the same degree you may suspect that they too will have some similarly heinous problem as long as they come from the same Asian fish farms.
What about the Silver arowanas that are imported from South America? Those seem to get drop eye as well.
The part of the world I'm in does not import Silvers from So/Am that I've ever noticed due to the comparative logistical inconvenience. I can't comment on them though propagating genetic faults through unethical breeding practices are the issue here; not the ethnicity of the breeder if that's your question.
I was asking in regard to this statement since Silvers imported from South America are labeled as wild caught (I don't know if they actually are or they are being bred in a farm over there).
Heritable genetic faults rarely become the norm in the wild. It takes a breeder to make a genetic fault the new norm.
