What is dropeye?

[H]-[H]

What is dropeye? Some kind of disease? Is it bad for arowana? Everyone keeps talking about it so I'm curious..

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

A piece of tissue pretty much pushes the eye downward. This is not fixable. It does not hurt the fish. Just makes it look like he is looking down.

 

[Miguel]

It is believed to be caused fy a fatty deposit behind the upper eye part, that pushes it down. Only way to try to prevent it is to have a system where the fish only looks up.

 

[H]-[H]

Does that mean aros with dropeye won't be able to look upwards?
& what kind of system exactly that makes the fish look up except at feeding time?

 

[Yanbbrox]

Does that mean aros with dropeye won't be able to look upwards?
& what kind of system exactly that makes the fish look up except at feeding time?

People use floating bright things to make the aro curious so it looks up. It is very common problem

 

[Red Devil]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179320

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

It seems that 95% of silvers get it.

 

[Bderick67]

IMO if you want to prevent DE, keep the silver aro in a tank big enough that it is not likely to smash it's head against the side glass ot top structure when it becomes spooked. I watched one of my silvers develop DE in each eye. The DE in each eye developed on seperate occassions, in both instances it developed within hours of the aro experiencing severe head trauma.

 

[Wutangxxx]

I think some owners just dont like the look of the drop eyes