I've heard a lot of concepts about why DE develops on this forum, but I haven't seen the most common one disucssed here (not recently). I've always heard it's from feeders and high fat intake. Just curious if anyone has one that has never had feeders nor high fat intake and still has DE?
feeders, fat and drop eye
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Drop eye doesn't come from feeding feeders it happens like that in the wild...Cause' most of the arowanas in the hobby (except asians) are wild caught.
Here is my take on the subject. Asian aros also suffer from this problem. It is fairly common. There has been theories ranging from feeders to genetics to luck. Aros with DE which are subsequently kept in ponds / fiber tanks etc. are "cured" of it in all the cases I have seen. However some never again develop this problem while others do. I have a fairly large collection of aros at the moment. Some are in comms., others are kept individually. Some with other species, various set ups ranging from black backgrounds to fiber tanks to ponds. None have developed DE. Am I considered lucky? Perhaps I am. We do not currently have concrete proof as to the definite cause.
I would buy a aro with DE. It is not a defect to me. One of my subadult comm is being fed almost a 100% on feeders. No sign of DE. I have a 6 year old xback that is very fat. It's feeding regime is designed in such as way as to gain the most bulk in a very short time. Not fed on feeders. No DE either and so the mystery continues.........
I would buy a aro with DE. It is not a defect to me. One of my subadult comm is being fed almost a 100% on feeders. No sign of DE. I have a 6 year old xback that is very fat. It's feeding regime is designed in such as way as to gain the most bulk in a very short time. Not fed on feeders. No DE either and so the mystery continues.........
they just get it. i have an 18" silver that never seen a feeder in its life and its starting to develope it. they have a better chance of not getting it if left alone in my opinion. when there solo they have no worries and just live life. when put with tank mates they develope it as a defense kinda thing. they can watch there backs with an eye lookin up, and down. kinda like flounders eyes move sideways so they can lay flat on the ground.
some people may think im wrong, but this is just what i think about it.
some people may think im wrong, but this is just what i think about it.
I had a 17" silver that was never feed live foods and he still got it in one eye. Which brings me to a guestion that I was always interested in: Why do silvers usually only get DE in one eye?? I've heard that its because they only use one eye to stare outside the aquarium and this is the eye that develops DE.
its a defense kinda thing. or a survival kinda thing. 1 eye stays normal and they continue to use that 1 eye for finding food up top or above the water. and the other looks down to keep an eye on his tank mates or to see food below him better like finding feeders or shrimp the sunk already.
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That's a way I never looked at it, one up, one down for survival. Makes sense.
My current fish to this point has been absolutely beautiful, last couple weeks, (and I knew better) I got him feeders 2 times, so one eye looks a tiny bit different, a tiny bit fatter on top, but not d.e. yet. So no more feeders or anything below him to draw his eyes. All insects and floating food, He likes about 2 inches of air above the water line, he likes to roll and snag insects, doesn't ever jump, but breaks the surface a lot and with all this, I'm at least see if I can try to heal the eye back to normal.
My current fish to this point has been absolutely beautiful, last couple weeks, (and I knew better) I got him feeders 2 times, so one eye looks a tiny bit different, a tiny bit fatter on top, but not d.e. yet. So no more feeders or anything below him to draw his eyes. All insects and floating food, He likes about 2 inches of air above the water line, he likes to roll and snag insects, doesn't ever jump, but breaks the surface a lot and with all this, I'm at least see if I can try to heal the eye back to normal.
DE can not be reversed. surgery can be performed to fix it but once the fat is genereated in the eye area then its there... DE can pretty much only get worse.
ethnics;627211; said:
Thats not true
My buddies aro had DE in both eyes when he first had him but after 8 months in his pond the DE was gone.