"CURE" For DROOP EYE

[Red Devil]

well said ethnics

I agree ..very well said..

 

[Ranchu85]

i always suspected that they develope drop eye by trying to catch food from the bottom or just eating sinking food.

 

[ethnics]

that could be a possibility. but not guaranteed. in the wild, they dont only eat bugs out of trees... they eat smaller fish they find but have to look down at when chasing.

 

[MistirE]

If the problem is the "fat pack" theory, then lets drop some fat burner (hydroxycut) in the tank and see what happens

I personally wouldnt do it, but VERY funny

 

[DeLgAdO]

i always suspected that they develope drop eye by trying to catch food from the bottom or just eating sinking food.

i would rule that out completly. though arowana are well suited to surface feeding they will also catch and eat whatever they come across in the middle to lower water column.

 

[DeLgAdO]

Black are not immune to DE. I've seen one.

me too

 

[Bderick67]

i always suspected that they develope drop eye by trying to catch food from the bottom or just eating sinking food.

I would disagree with this theory. My opinion is from my observation of my 15" silver and 11" black. Neither of the two has drop eye. I believe that aros look forward and that they have peripheral vision, so they do notice/see things both below and above them. During the day my aros keep to the top of the water, which in the wild would be searching the surface for food sources. When observing them at night (with blue LEDs) I have noticed they don't just stay at the surface but seem to search the mid and lower water levels. Which may be for hunting fish that are in a state of somber. I know when my silver was 12-13" I experimented with using tiger barbs as dithers Needless to say the experiment failed. The tiger barbs did stay alive by hiding in plants, but every morning for 5 days in a row there was one less tiger barb, so they were taken at night.

These are just observations that I have made. As far as what causes DE, well I have no idea, If I were to support a theory it would be the head bashing theory though.

 

[demjor19]

i do have an aro

and have kept a black aro in the past for 7yrs +

i have never let any aro i have owned eat from the tank base and they have always been kept in a tank with substrate NONE OF MY AROS HAVE EVER DEVELOPED DROP EYE

so why do you hope i dont keep an aro

i have been keeping black or asian aros for the last 15yrs how long have you been keeping aros

wow! some people on here are so up tight! i even said i was just kidding!!! chill bro!

Ethnics...i respect you and im sure you know a lot about aros, but we already established that aros get DE. we are just wandering why. clearly none of us know, but why dont they get it in ponds then? im sure they feed the same way.

 

[demjor19]

I would disagree with this theory. My opinion is from my observation of my 15" silver and 11" black. Neither of the two has drop eye. I believe that aros look forward and that they have peripheral vision, so they do notice/see things both below and above them. During the day my aros keep to the top of the water, which in the wild would be searching the surface for food sources. When observing them at night (with blue LEDs) I have noticed they don't just stay at the surface but seem to search the mid and lower water levels. Which may be for hunting fish that are in a state of somber. I know when my silver was 12-13" I experimented with using tiger barbs as dithers Needless to say the experiment failed. The tiger barbs did stay alive by hiding in plants, but every morning for 5 days in a row there was one less tiger barb, so they were taken at night.

These are just observations that I have made. As far as what causes DE, well I have no idea, If I were to support a theory it would be the head bashing theory though.

me too! mostly because many times it will happen on one side and not the other. if it were something genetic or dietary i would think both sides would get it equally.

 

[DeLgAdO]

I would disagree with this theory. My opinion is from my observation of my 15" silver and 11" black. Neither of the two has drop eye. I believe that aros look forward and that they have peripheral vision, so they do notice/see things both below and above them. During the day my aros keep to the top of the water, which in the wild would be searching the surface for food sources. When observing them at night (with blue LEDs) I have noticed they don't just stay at the surface but seem to search the mid and lower water levels. Which may be for hunting fish that are in a state of somber. I know when my silver was 12-13" I experimented with using tiger barbs as dithers Needless to say the experiment failed. The tiger barbs did stay alive by hiding in plants, but every morning for 5 days in a row there was one less tiger barb, so they were taken at night.

These are just observations that I have made. As far as what causes DE, well I have no idea, If I were to support a theory it would be the head bashing theory though.

i would have to disagree with that, you make it seem like they are A nocternal fish. but they must rely on sight to hunt, and cannot navigate in darkness like say a knifefish.

what would make more sense is that an arowana might move to mid-level to avoid being swiped out of the water by nocturnal predators at the surface.

and most diurnal fish eat at first sign dawn, i suspect your tiger barbs were swiped before you woke up.