Whats the deal with 10" + Aro's with bare tanks????

[T1KARMANN]

i just go on what i have found with 15yrs of keeping aros

i have never let any of my aros feed from the tank base and i have never had a bare bottom tank and NONE of the aros i have kept have had drop eye

 

[IoStrisciare]

i just go on what i have found with 15yrs of keeping aros

i have never let any of my aros feed from the tank base and i have never had a bare bottom tank and NONE of the aros i have kept have had drop eye

although i have only 7yrs of experience... i let my aros do what they want...

they eat from the tank floor and no droop eye either. And with a very nice reflective white bare base... so...

 

[T1KARMANN]

although i have only 7yrs of experience... i let my aros do what they want...

they eat from the tank floor and no droop eye either. And with a very nice reflective white bare base... so...

in 7yrs how many aros have you kept ?

 

[IoStrisciare]

in 7yrs how many aros have you kept ?

from SA to aussie... red, rtg, xb, leichardti, silver, black, jardini, even ungraded asian aros... hahaha...

you can ask the SGP mods that know me... i change an aro nearly every year or two...

 

[IoStrisciare]

maybe i just am very lucky all these 7yrs to not have a droop eyed aro in my tank...

all even after the 12" mark have no droop... which 85% of droop eye cases tend to happen.

 

[T1KARMANN]

from SA to aussie... red, rtg, xb, leichardti, silver, black, jardini, even ungraded asian aros... hahaha...

you can ask the SGP mods that know me... i change an aro nearly every year or two...

thanks for the info and proving my point in the 7yrs you aros have never kept a aro in the bare bottom tank for longer than 2yrs

in 15yr i have only had 4 aros

 

[RockyGoldy]

i just go on what i have found with 15yrs of keeping aros

i have never let any of my aros feed from the tank base and i have never had a bare bottom tank and NONE of the aros i have kept have had drop eye

Dude...ahem...

I was in orlando seaworld...and saw one amazing 3ft plus long Silver arowana. A very very awesome specimen and with both severe drop eye. I can see that its aged and this arowana is kept in a huge panaromic tank ( u know, huge public aquarium type tank with awesome natural environment setup).

Asked the staff there about that silver and its claimed to be near 15 yrs old. I commented about the bad drop eye and was told to me that it developed that just only about 2 yrs ago...all the while in that tank.

The tank is fully gravelled...and fully made to look like nature's at its best.

So..what gives?

 

[IoStrisciare]

thanks for the info and proving my point in the 7yrs you aros have never kept a aro in the bare bottom tank for longer than 2yrs

in 15yr i have only had 4 aros

well... in 7yrs i've seen enough aros at farms and shops to confidently state that droop eye if will occur will start at 12" in 85% of cases normally.

on average an aro reaches 12" before the first year is up and by 2yrs shld be at least 16" so droop eye if occurs shld happen by 2 yrs.

 

[DeLgAdO]

Dude...ahem...

I was in orlando seaworld...and saw one amazing 3ft plus long Silver arowana. A very very awesome specimen and with both severe drop eye. I can see that its aged and this arowana is kept in a huge panaromic tank ( u know, huge public aquarium type tank with awesome natural environment setup).

Asked the staff there about that silver and its claimed to be near 15 yrs old. I commented about the bad drop eye and was told to me that it developed that just only about 2 yrs ago...all the while in that tank.

The tank is fully gravelled...and fully made to look like nature's at its best.

So..what gives?

i wonder if a silver can have drop eyes most of its life and then all of a sudden have it dissapear

highly unlikely

but still kool if it happened

 

[RockyGoldy]

i wonder if a silver can have drop eyes most of its life and then all of a sudden have it dissapear

highly unlikely

but still kool if it happened

I dun think drop eyes can be reversed..unless operated..