Some of you might remember that I keep a pond in my backyard for silver( and occasionally jardini) arowanas. Most of the big silvers Ive had back there have had different degrees of drop eye, and the pond has always brought them back up- not always to perfect, but always better.
Well, a few weeks ago I overfilled the pond, I knew I should drain some off because I thought the extra water might make them feel confident enough to leep- but I left it high because not only was I lazy, but the 2'er and almost 3'er that were in there had never tried before- I went out the next day to find the 2'er in the dirt- I picked it up and felt a twitch- I kept it in the flow of the return and then the filter, but within 24 hours it was dead-
I was mad at myself, but in an effort to not have a total loss, I decided to try some DE surgery on my pet(not the easiest decision to make)- It wasnt as easy as the video I was going by made it look- while trying to get the top of the eye out, to remove the fat, the eye burst onto my arm- effing GD gross! and failed attempt 1- so I flipped over the fish and tried the other side, same disgusting thing happened- now, not only was I mad at myself, but I was mad at the fish for spewing eye grossness from both its eyes at me!
I had 1 last chance at making it less than a total waste, and that was to preserve the skull, to go with my 2' black and 2' jardini skulls- so I chopped off its head, put it far in the backyard with a cage over it, and let the bugs have at it- Ill take pictures of all 3 when the maggots have had therir fill
Well, a few weeks ago I overfilled the pond, I knew I should drain some off because I thought the extra water might make them feel confident enough to leep- but I left it high because not only was I lazy, but the 2'er and almost 3'er that were in there had never tried before- I went out the next day to find the 2'er in the dirt- I picked it up and felt a twitch- I kept it in the flow of the return and then the filter, but within 24 hours it was dead-
I was mad at myself, but in an effort to not have a total loss, I decided to try some DE surgery on my pet(not the easiest decision to make)- It wasnt as easy as the video I was going by made it look- while trying to get the top of the eye out, to remove the fat, the eye burst onto my arm- effing GD gross! and failed attempt 1- so I flipped over the fish and tried the other side, same disgusting thing happened- now, not only was I mad at myself, but I was mad at the fish for spewing eye grossness from both its eyes at me!
I had 1 last chance at making it less than a total waste, and that was to preserve the skull, to go with my 2' black and 2' jardini skulls- so I chopped off its head, put it far in the backyard with a cage over it, and let the bugs have at it- Ill take pictures of all 3 when the maggots have had therir fill
