bought red arowana?

[leeishom]

loving the education but what is the deal with what they are calling blue arrowana ive seen blacks and silvers but never blue. cant see diffrence. also in us so not asain i though i would gladly beak the law for any of asian colorations

that is why using scientific titles, is much clearer.

 

[dragonfish1ca]

All aro's get drop eye.... Even asians....
Some say its the space, or diet, or distractions in viewing....
But they all get it if the paramiters make it so.
Silvers I know get it 90% of the time for no reason though....
Wild Caught may have something to do with it????

 

[Sickfish]

omg just a ugly silver bro they are very cheap and easy to come by ppl here will give them up for free eat too much and is the ugliest by far

See there you go again 1986... Saying the dumbest stuff!!! Silver aros are cool! Don't tell the OP that his fish is ugly! I don't go around saying your fish is ugly! I personally like silver arows! I don't have one or keepone... But none theless if I could get a silver Aro with no drop eye I'll buy it! Btw your black Aro you were selling was ugly! Missing barbells feint color in the fins, and overpriced!

 

[T1KARMANN]

Blue and black are the same
Drop eye is nasty that's why I would never own a silver

A black aro is 100 x nicer than a silver in my eyes

 

[HungDang]

it is true that some one giving silver aro kinda free on ebay with $1 each and the ridiculous $69 shipping ! they are even cheaper than that in some stores !

 

[Chaitika]

that's one of the theories.. i have 2 wild caught silvers that have yet to develop DE at 20". and my old farm bred silver got DE during her wild stage around 12". It seems to have held true here.. but that is only 3 fish, not a real study.

It's the same theory presented with red asian aros. Inbreeding. Not being bred on a farm, but actual inbreeding. I'm starting to see more golds with de as well, and I am starting to believe this theory more and more.

 

[goestonemoa]

Jardini is a part of Asian Aro family, Australia was stick with Asia 100 million years ago (I think) !

ok ok sooooooooooo,............ asians are asian and ausies are ausies,SA's are SA's
even north america at one time had its own aro so they are all different(i think)

 

[dragonfish1ca]

LOL darwin...... He walked on the beach all by himself...... LOL.....

 

[T1KARMANN]

It's the same theory presented with red asian aros. Inbreeding. Not being bred on a farm, but actual inbreeding. I'm starting to see more golds with de as well, and I am starting to believe this theory more and more.

I would have to disagree

I think the style you keep them plays a big part with drop eye

1. Feeding if you dump loads of food in at feeding time and the aro needs to take food from the bottom a aro in the wild would only eat food as soon as it hits the water or even above the water a aro in the wild would never eat food from the floor as it wouldn't get a chance as other fish would eat it 1st

The water in the wild is also very murky and the aro would be wasting it's time looking down for food

I just throw in 1 bit of food at a time if the aro grabs it as soon as it hits the water then I throw in the next bit any foods that's missed the dats or rays get it takes longer but if it helps with drop eye who cares how long it takes

2. No bare bottom tank and if possible cover 3 sides with background cutting out as much reflection as possible

3. Keep the temp high 86 and change at least 2 x 25% of the water per week not big water changes of 50% aros don't like big water changes

4. Now this one is a bit controversial I only feed live insects as that would be the main food for aros in the wild they would also eat fish and small rodents
But it's the type of fish that matters I think it's best to stay away from sea foods

These are just rule I have stuck to with over 20 asain aros and not one has ever got drop eye which seams strange as Asian aros are the 2nd most likely to get drop eye after silvers