Drop Eye Prevention Tip
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Maybe it's one of those things that just has a MUCH higher tendency to happen in captivity, kind of like the way Orcas' dorsal fins will droop and bend when they're raised in public aquaria, but they stand straight up when they're raised in the wild.
And, just for future reference, everyone keeps referring to these ideas as "theories". They're not theories, they're hypotheses. A theory is proven through intensive scientific research, and while it is open to revision in case new data arises, it is generally accepted as fact. Kind of like the Theory of Relativity. We know relative time slows down for something at high velocities, we see this as fact, but if we find new information that better explains this and other related phenomena, then we could modify or maybe even completely replace this theory.
Until extensive scientific research can be conducted to prove or disprove all of these hypotheses, we won't have a Theory. So, get to it. Everyone in college right now, change your majors to Ichthyology and when you graduate you can solve this problem for the rest of us.
And, just for future reference, everyone keeps referring to these ideas as "theories". They're not theories, they're hypotheses. A theory is proven through intensive scientific research, and while it is open to revision in case new data arises, it is generally accepted as fact. Kind of like the Theory of Relativity. We know relative time slows down for something at high velocities, we see this as fact, but if we find new information that better explains this and other related phenomena, then we could modify or maybe even completely replace this theory.
Until extensive scientific research can be conducted to prove or disprove all of these hypotheses, we won't have a Theory. So, get to it. Everyone in college right now, change your majors to Ichthyology and when you graduate you can solve this problem for the rest of us.
Still, ever since I picked up my first monster tank, a 240 gallon back in 1994, that was my only Silver that had Drop Eye. If the main cause of Drop Eye is head trauma they all should have had Drop Eye (silver arowanas like to jump, probably less with floationg plants) and if the cause is genetic wouldn't I have seen more Drop Eye? I have had five adult Silvers since 1994.
Arowana1;3055596; said:
How is it that you've had 5 adult silvers in 15 years, what happened to them all? Maybe you just never realized the DE. My first aro I grew to 20" in a 55g tank, don't remember it having DE, either I had flimsy tops too and the aro never jumped in the year I had it. This was about 20 years ago.
I have had 5 adults in fifteen years. One died from a house sitter when we were away on vacation (polluted the water from tossing in way to many pellets the tank that had no overflows). Two jumped through glass tops. Then last two both knocked off plexi glass tops one was found (almost dead could not revive the fish) on the floor after coming home from work and the other was found dead in the morning. I have got to go with cinder blocks on top of plexi glass tops.
NO THAT VERY GOOD I DEAL , i known because my 1 year old SR drop 1 eye and i paint all my tank black and i put blue BIO ball in the tank and 4 month later my fish eye got back to normal and very heathy , ihhii that is a true , SORRY MY BROKEN ENGLISH KAKAK
It's usually caused by to much fat in diet,
A more insect based diet is better,fat builds up behind the eye,particularly the upper eye,pushing it down,this can happen to one or bother eyes and can likely be exacerbated by injury.
I was always told drop eye was caused by fatty lipids behind the upper eye, mainly by diet like feeder fish, or land based meat(beef heart and stuff like that). Always figured by feeding mainly insects, pellets, or white fish that it could be prevented. I guess it depends on the fish. I’ve seen/known people who have surgically fixed drop eye on their own fish by using clove oil to sedate the fish and removing the fat deposits from above the eye, but is it really worth the risk ?
