drop eye again....... wikipedia

[johnptc]

Feeding
It is very important that you do not overfeed Arowana when they’re young, because as they grow, they might develop drop eye. Arowanas will eat insects, shrimp, pellets, live fish, beef heart, frogs, etc. The best diet for Arowanas is pellets, live crickets, and shrimps. Small feeder fish are often raised in poor conditions and can carry many diseases transmittable to predatory fishes.


the above comes from wikipedia..........any thoughts
seems to support the fatty tissue idea

 

[T1KARMANN]

i feed my aros on meal worms and locust only never had drop eye in 20yrs of keeping aros

never let the aros take food from the tank base rays eat all that food and never had a bare bottom tank

 

[DeLgAdO]

Feeding
It is very important that you do not overfeed Arowana when they’re young, because as they grow, they might develop drop eye. Arowanas will eat insects, shrimp, pellets, live fish, beef heart, frogs, etc. The best diet for Arowanas is pellets, live crickets, and shrimps. Small feeder fish are often raised in poor conditions and can carry many diseases transmittable to predatory fishes.


the above comes from wikipedia..........any tghoughts
seems to support the fatty tissue idea

thats one example ^

i dont trust care info on fish from wiki.

baby arowana's need alot of high quality food to keep pace with there fast growth rate.

over feeding would be throwing in more food than the fish can eat. i think that would foul the water instead of causing drop eye

 

[Arofanatic]

agree overfeeding will not cause Drop eye syndrome- Its the type of food and how you feed it thats impt. Try not to let the food sink before the aro takes it, i know it is not always possible. Also reduce fatty foods which may cause a build up of fatty deposits behind the eye socket which may contribute to DE

 

[DeLgAdO]

agree overfeeding will not cause Drop eye syndrome- Its the type of food and how you feed it thats impt. Try not to let the food sink before the aro takes it, i know it is not always possible. Also reduce fatty foods which may cause a build up of fatty deposits behind the eye socket which may contribute to DE

i cant agree wit that either

*coughs*

 

[Miguel]

I tend more and more to genetic predisposition..If one considers that blacks are very similarly built to silvers ( both Osteoglossums ), which they are, what explaisn it that silvers get DE and blacks don't?

I have ( lots of other guys have ) several of each. Some mix them ( as I do ), some don't. But we all treat them alike, feeding them the same food, giving them the same type of environment ( bare bottoms, non bare bottoms, etc ) , same everything...so why is it blacks dont develop the DE and silvers do??

Must be in their "makings".., wouldn't you agree?

M

 

[T1KARMANN]

I tend more and more to genetic predisposition..If one considers that blacks are very similarly built to silvers ( both Osteoglossums ), which they are, what explaisn it that silvers get DE and blacks don't?

I have ( lots of other guys have ) several of each. Some mix them ( as I do ), some don't. But we all treat them alike, feeding them the same food, giving them the same type of environment ( bare bottoms, non bare bottoms, etc ) , same everything...so why is it blacks dont develop the DE and silvers do??

Must be in their "makings".., wouldn't you agree?

M

are any of your silvers showing sign of drop eye ?

 

[Miguel]

3 of my 40 cms silvers have DE in one eye each!?!Only in one eye..

In more than 15 years of Aros I have never had a silver without DE.

 

[T1KARMANN]

i cant realy coment on silver aros as i have never kept one past 12inch

but they look to be the most prone to it followed by asians

never seen a black aro with it but have seen a jar

 

[johnptc]

i cant realy coment on silver aros as i have never kept one past 12inch

but they look to be the most prone to it followed by asians

never seen a black aro with it but have seen a jar

it is also common in airapima gigas..........