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

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redtailfool said:
interesting.. this has become a droop eye thread. but yea, i agree that bb tanks is not the cause of droop eye either. To me , its genetics and diet. Genetics more than diet to be more specific.
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if drop eye is genetic then whay are the aros not born with it
 
T1KARMANN said:
if drop eye is genetic then whay are the aros not born with it
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same reason as why we arent born with white hair or with parkinson's disease?

they arent of age yet.
 
some newborns *humans* need glasses but you can't tell till they get older :screwy:
 
The only way I could see drop-eye being genetic is if in some wild populations it produced some advantage to survival. Do you see drop-eye in wild aros? I'm really not sure, all the wild aro's Ive seen haven't had it. While this is of course possible, it would take extensive testing to prove or disprove. The unfortunate thing is there are so few accessible hobbyists who breed aro's to get any information on whether it is an inherited trait. Personally, I'm not convinced it is genetic or induced by BB tanks. On the subject of bare tanks, IMO a bare tank will not induce the full range of behavior one would see in a wild aro. With no environment per se to interact with, it really won't use all of the features which it has evolved with which to do so. Like keeping a geophagus in a tank with large gravel, you really won't see any realistic representation of this animal in the wild. Plus, hunting won't be the stimulating activity it would be in the wild, where it has to use all of its intelligence to capture prey succesfully. Just my two cents
 
drop is caused by the way a aro is kept and fed why some get it and some dont

in the wild a aro would NEVER feed from the bottom but after time aro start picking up bit of food from the tank base in the wild their would be no food for the aro to pick up from the floor as the next layer of fish would get what the aro missed
 
T1KARMANN said:
drop is caused by the way a aro is kept and fed why some get it and some dont

in the wild a aro would NEVER feed from the bottom but after time aro start picking up bit of food from the tank base in the wild their would be no food for the aro to pick up from the floor as the next layer of fish would get what the aro missed
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ok. Then explain the fat deposits above the eye that are the reason y the eyes droop.

By looking down most of the time u will develop fatty upper eyelids?
 
Guys....

even researchers do not know the answers to the mystery of drop eye.

And i seriously doubt they havent thought of the answers you've all thought.

Please do be open to new theories and do not be so quick to insist you are right.

coz there will always be an incident tt may prove u wrg. :grinyes:
 
peanut said:
i have gravel in my tank for my two arrows and their tank mates
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if aro comes down and picks up food from the base of the tank it will get drop eye as that is were it is looking for food

as for the fatty deposit behind the eye if a human sits on his ass all day eatiing big macs they will get a fatty deposit around their belly so is that genetic
 
T1KARMANN said:
if aro comes down and picks up food from the base of the tank it will get drop eye as that is were it is looking for food

as for the fatty deposit behind the eye if a human sits on his ass all day eatiing big macs they will get a fatty deposit around their belly so is that genetic
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if u can find me a relattion between the belly and eye...

anyway it is proven that we gain fat in diff places due to our genes...

men get potbellies, women get fat in the hips and ass... :grinyes:
 
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