droopy eye
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Maybe if there are enough branches and isects in the surface, I think they have to be hunting for them, and keep watching up. Imagine always be looking at the lamps on top of the acuarium, when they are used to keep looking for food. I really don´t think its genetics..... but thats my point of view.
What I tried to say is that I think its living in an unnatural habitat, like redtailfool said.
I have problems expressing in english...
I have problems expressing in english...
neoprodigy said:
Usually wild caught fish come with a certificate of proof, not all the time I must add. And yes they are much more expensive, but people over here apprecite wild caught fish. For example if you had a breed fish of some sort and a wild fish lined up together in your LFS, even if the price was 5 times the price( which in most cases it is ) the wild caught one will never become dead stock.
Cafe Iguana said:What I tried to say is that I think its living in an unnatural habitat, like redtailfool said.
I have problems expressing in english...
You express fine to me.
Li - there has been documented instances where aros with droop eye recover when thrown into a pond or an enclosed tank. But you already know that im sure... LOL
Does anyone have pictures of aros with droop-eye?
Genetics may not be a sufficient explanation, but I guess it would be a necessary condition present in all cases of droopy eyes.
If it is a only a matter of having to look down because of the unnatural conditions of the tank, then the lack of exercise of eye muscles, and consequent accumulation of fat, might not be a factor. After all, it would seem that the silver aro would actually be moving its eye muscles more in a tank (up, down, etc.) than in its natural Amazonian environment, would it not?
If silver aros get it significantly more often than black and asian aros, but their environmental conditions are the same, then would not genetics play a significant role here?
On the other hand, if it is the case that 95 % of wild caught silver aros sold in the Japanese market get it, then could there be other environmental factors (besides the necessary genetic predisposition) such as nitrates? higher alkalinity and hardness of water? What are the percentages of adult wild caught versus baby wild caught (after father's head has been chopped of, or so I have read) with droopy eyes? How would those numbers compare to farm-raised?
On the other, other, hand, how much inbreeding goes on with asian aros, particularly with the problem of a fish in imminent danger of extinction in the wild (CITES category I)? Why is it that many fewer of them get droopy eyes? Also, what's the deal with black aros? Someone posted that many fewer of them get droopy eyes? What about australian and african aros? Do they get droopy eyes?
Does anyone know about any studies on this issue? I am just learning about these matters, but I am curious about it. (I would also like to find out whether it is possible to avoid droopy eyes in Assassination Tango)
Thanks.
Masa
Genetics may not be a sufficient explanation, but I guess it would be a necessary condition present in all cases of droopy eyes.
If it is a only a matter of having to look down because of the unnatural conditions of the tank, then the lack of exercise of eye muscles, and consequent accumulation of fat, might not be a factor. After all, it would seem that the silver aro would actually be moving its eye muscles more in a tank (up, down, etc.) than in its natural Amazonian environment, would it not?
If silver aros get it significantly more often than black and asian aros, but their environmental conditions are the same, then would not genetics play a significant role here?
On the other hand, if it is the case that 95 % of wild caught silver aros sold in the Japanese market get it, then could there be other environmental factors (besides the necessary genetic predisposition) such as nitrates? higher alkalinity and hardness of water? What are the percentages of adult wild caught versus baby wild caught (after father's head has been chopped of, or so I have read) with droopy eyes? How would those numbers compare to farm-raised?
On the other, other, hand, how much inbreeding goes on with asian aros, particularly with the problem of a fish in imminent danger of extinction in the wild (CITES category I)? Why is it that many fewer of them get droopy eyes? Also, what's the deal with black aros? Someone posted that many fewer of them get droopy eyes? What about australian and african aros? Do they get droopy eyes?
Does anyone know about any studies on this issue? I am just learning about these matters, but I am curious about it. (I would also like to find out whether it is possible to avoid droopy eyes in Assassination Tango
)Thanks.
Masa
