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justarn said:
all i say is do as much research as possible on drop eye, they all seem to get it... i have a theory of the hitting their eyes on tank lids when jumping but its just my opinion from my own silver i kept... good luck with one of the greats.
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There are a lot of theories on causes of drop eye but none proven, my personal opinion is that they have no need to look up like they do in the wild where most of their food is in their natural environment, but in the aquarium all of the movement is to the side or below. Just my personal opinion after a lot of research


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monsterkeeper87 said:
There are a lot of theories on causes of drop eye but none proven, my personal opinion is that they have no need to look up like they do in the wild where most of their food is in their natural environment, but in the aquarium all of the movement is to the side or below. Just my personal opinion after a lot of research


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If that were the case then why do some fish get it in one eye and not the other?
 
bassfisher91 said:
If that were the case then why do some fish get it in one eye and not the other?
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with my theory of bashing it i figure with already evolutionary weak eyes (maybe?) a fish may sometimes prefer to jump from one side thus bashing one eye?... maybe... considering they can jump their own lenght out of the water it could be pretty hard to combat?
 
bassfisher91 said:
If that were the case then why do some fish get it in one eye and not the other?
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Good question, I have no idea that's just what I thought was the most plausible option I found in my research but never thought of that. I think it's a mixture of things like genetic weakness, not looking up as much as it would naturally, possibly damage of some kind caused by getting spooked or jumping etc. or maybe the muscles above the eye are somehow prone to infection from poor water quality and just rot away? Nobody knows for sure so all that can be done is keep everything the best you can and hope it works out. I am very interested in this subject so I am going to make a thread about it so this ones not hijacked lol I hope to get a lot of different theories :)


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When I get my Arow what I plan to do is when I'm not home or looking at the tank I'm going to throw a black tarp/sheet/blanket over the whole tank. This will prevent the Arow from getting spooked by someone else in the room. Plus I think DE has something to do with being in a glass tank so it will hopefully put off drop eye for a while. Most Arows kept in ponds for the majority of their life don't develop DE.


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Vanimal said:
When I get my Arow what I plan to do is when I'm not home or looking at the tank I'm going to throw a black tarp/sheet/blanket over the whole tank. This will prevent the Arow from getting spooked by someone else in the room. Plus I think DE has something to do with being in a glass tank so it will hopefully put off drop eye for a while. Most Arows kept in ponds for the majority of their life don't develop DE.


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in open topped ponds they cant bang their head!-)
 
Drop eye is caused by diet. It is fatty deposits behind the eyes. How you house them has nothing to do with it. It is from too high of fat content in diet and general overfeeding. Kind of like why my stomach bulges.
 
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