Does anyone know what causes droopy eye in aro's? I think mine has the beginnings of it, even tho I have been very careful about diet and everything. It is only in one eye too, which is strange to me. 
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HELP!!!droopy eye
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Droop-eye is a very common occurance with Silver arowanas kept in captivity today. Most will develop it in at least one eye at around 12". My 23" one had it in one eye and he was fed the very best of diets. I believe that it has to do with the fact that Silver Aros are now being mass produced on farms. This obviously will lower the gene pool which could lead to a genetic predisposition towards the condition. Droop-eye is still only common with Silvers and some color morphs of Asians, which are both massively captive bred. Jardini Aros are also now being bred on farms, so in time they will also probably develop this condition.
there is no real answer to that question, just a lot of theories and speculations. there is no documented reliable cure either, but you can try covering the tank sides or place your fish in a pond to keep it looking up. ive tried the float a ball thing but to no avail. some experts say its even a genetic problem in commercially bred arowanas. but also try not to feed feeders, theyre never good for your fish
With commercially bred silver aros. its all genetics and not your fault.
All others like black aros and asians - its hit and miss.. but try make your
aro lean and not to give it too much fatty foods. Thats one factor that causes
droop eye.
Curing droop eye is controversial. Its better to just leave the droop eye be. its
not a disesase anyways and the aro will continue to live a healthy life even with it.
All others like black aros and asians - its hit and miss.. but try make your
aro lean and not to give it too much fatty foods. Thats one factor that causes
droop eye.
Curing droop eye is controversial. Its better to just leave the droop eye be. its
not a disesase anyways and the aro will continue to live a healthy life even with it.
crazystereo said:Does anyone know what causes droopy eye in aro's? I think mine has the beginnings of it, even tho I have been very careful about diet and everything. It is only in one eye too, which is strange to me.
its supposed to be the fats that accumulate behind the eye socket... or that there is something below the tank that attracts the aro's attention that makes it wanna look down very often...
crazystereo said:Does anyone know what causes droopy eye in aro's? I think mine has the beginnings of it, even tho I have been very careful about diet and everything. It is only in one eye too, which is strange to me.
all in the genetics.... maybe adding surface swimming tankmates or feeding less fatty foods may help... but its just theory.
Here in Japan we can get wild caught silvers and 95% of the time they develope turned down eyes. I don't know where the theory that it is genetics came from but I tend to believe it is not true. The general censes over here is b/c when in the wild silvers majority of their diet come from the surface including a lot of insects,( thats why they are jumpers ) and being kept in an aquarium especialy with tank mates , they tend to be looking down all the time and this then gradualy over time becomes more and more noticable. The other theorys that fats build up behind the eye is somewhat true b/c when the eye turns down as explained above fats do tend to build up in the eye socket.
ashdavid said:
normally an aro w no tankmates tends to get droop eye more easily than one with. Droop eye is the build up of fats above the eye, we say its genetic because like a person who may be fat or skinny... it depends on the genetic make up to see if he/she depends to determine the likeliness of the body shape.
this is the same with aros as i have come across a batch of aros of the same batch and yet some will not develop droop eye while some do. All fed the same diet and kept in the same tank.