This drop eye affliction is terrible,hopefuly someone can discover just what causes it in the near future.
The Dreaded DE
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most aros get DE in their left eye only. i've learned they use their right eye to look up and their left eye to look down. thats why only most aros get DE on their left eye. and keeping a silver aro in a pond has less chance of DE. in a tank, they will always be looking downwards at something since they mostly swim around at the surface. in a pond, they cant look down at anything.
FlamingFury5;2874314; said:
Please explain how you have learned that they use their right eye for up and left eye for down. Maybe something factual and not a "Well Bob the breeder said so" Silver aros look forward, with both eyes, if you check out a couple of the vids of wild ones on you tube you can clearly see this.
BTW here is a couple of pics, notice the right eyes DE and the left eyes not.
wow. weird, but i didnt think i had to mention that they can look forward too. i mean thats just logic. how else do they get around.Bderick67;2874480; said:
one of my silvers, has both eyes with DE. and its impossible to prove a wild silver to have de or not, if u take it out of the water for a picture, someone will say "its on its side, and looking down, so thats NOT DE, jus a fish on its side"
you would need to catch it, and toss it in a tank. and not many people on here can do that for us. this subject is halarious, yet fun. i have a fish that NEVER bonked its head ever, never bumped into anything, never had a tank to small, and they still got DE. i have other aros that bang into stuff all the time, some have DE on right eye only, other has DE in both eyes. my only fish without DE currently is the leichardti, 2yrs and counting.
i love this subject tho, brings so many views
you would need to catch it, and toss it in a tank. and not many people on here can do that for us. this subject is halarious, yet fun. i have a fish that NEVER bonked its head ever, never bumped into anything, never had a tank to small, and they still got DE. i have other aros that bang into stuff all the time, some have DE on right eye only, other has DE in both eyes. my only fish without DE currently is the leichardti, 2yrs and counting.
i love this subject tho, brings so many views
You do not HAVE to take it out of the water to take a shot, its called, taking a video INSIDE the water. And unless you have 24/7 surveillance on your tank, you wouldn't know for sure if your arowana did or did not bonk its head. Even if it really never had head trauma, we're not even sure if thats what cuases it. It could be other things.ethnics;2875479; said:
1. Complete bs.FlamingFury5;2874314; said:
2. They do not look up with one eye and down with the other.
3. There is an equal % of getting DE in each eye.
4. Why would they have nothing to look down at if they're in a pond?
sodenoshirayuki;2875504; said:
you dont HAVE to try n be a wiseguy. take your camera to the amazon river, and place your camera/video cam under water and let me know how many silvers you catch on cam... or how many feet you can see in front of the cam for that matter. try a bit harder, when u attempt to make someone else look dumb.
First off im not trying to make you look dumb. Second of all, you should read the whole thread first or start watching national geographic. They've ALREADY done it. I dont NEED to stick a camera into the amazon river to try...ethnics;2875650; said:
i read the whole thread, and every thread before yours and before your time. i jus recently got nat geo channel, im not so lucky and pay extra just for the channel. so unfortunately i haven't been blessed with seeing that awesome show. i'll wait for it to come on, learn a few things, and post back...
as if knowing about wild aros will help me understand why our aros geto it. it just happens, its like talking about flounders who are born with eyes normal, and they adjust n rotate to 1 side. it just happens, to every fish. jus like DE, jus happens to every aro, eventually. 1-5yrs and it didn't happen yet? keep it alive long enough, it'll get it
as if knowing about wild aros will help me understand why our aros geto it. it just happens, its like talking about flounders who are born with eyes normal, and they adjust n rotate to 1 side. it just happens, to every fish. jus like DE, jus happens to every aro, eventually. 1-5yrs and it didn't happen yet? keep it alive long enough, it'll get it
