Which Aro is preferred in the US?

[Bderick67]

Aren't that bright? Flip your light over and put your face about two to three inches away from it (about the distance a normal silver would be from it). Now stare at it for as long as you can. Now imagine that for about 8 hours a day. I think I just invented a new form of torture.

I just found this smiley on the list . It's so awesome.

First of all, IMO lighting has nothing to do with drop eye. As far as how bright aquarium lights are...well they are no where near the brightness of the sun. So if lighting was the problem, you'd see alot of wild silvers with DE.

Oh, and try this for a test. Stare at you aquarium light for 15 minutes, keep it 3 inches from your face. Then take some time and recover a little. Once ya recover go outside and stare at the sun for 15 minutes...once ya get back from the eye doctor, let us know what ya think.

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

lol

 

[DeLgAdO]

Aren't that bright? Flip your light over and put your face about two to three inches away from it (about the distance a normal silver would be from it). Now stare at it for as long as you can. Now imagine that for about 8 hours a day. I think I just invented a new form of torture.

I just found this smiley on the list . It's so awesome.

for one aros dont stare at light, they can look up at will but always look outward. therefore light is almost never directly shinning in theres eyes

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an arowana is not a celestial goldfish or four eyed fish

ummmm whats that smily again? thankyou

 

[DeLgAdO]

Whats dumb is assuming you know the answer to a problem that in fact is still a mystery to us all. It was just a thought. I was not saying it's true, but just throwing out ideas.

your right its not an answer, but its an idea that makes more sense then yours

provide light but offer cover sound alot better than a tank with no lighting at all.

Honestly, if you had a super bright light shining down on top of your head day after day, year after year, i'm sure your eyes would be glued to the ground too. I wonder if an arrow kept in a tank with no lights would develop drop eye. Just a thought.

 

[focker]

i have always been told and believe that drop eye is from being in a tank and all that is above them is the lid canopy etc . nothing going on so they look down all the time were stuff is going on specially if u feed them food that sinks cause in the wild they feed off of insects on op of the water and there always looking for frogs birds etc.... u cant offer that in a aquarium.

 

[Bderick67]

i have always been told and believe that drop eye is from being in a tank and all that is above them is the lid canopy etc . nothing going on so they look down all the time were stuff is going on specially if u feed them food that sinks cause in the wild they feed off of insects on op of the water and there always looking for frogs birds etc.... u cant offer that in a aquarium.

from my observations Silver aros look forward, they don't look up, they don't look down. I do beleive they have perifial vision and do notice movements above, below, and even behind them. In the wild they are primaraly surface feeders, but you think these fish will pass on a small fish swimming below them, or not even see it.

Once a week during water changes I feed my Silver, crickets. I do this by puttin three fake lily pads in the tank and release the crickets on them. In order for him to see the crickets he must angle upwards, such as in the picture below.

Aros in aquariums look for food the same place most all other aquarium fish do. At the top of the tank when their owner opens the lid.

 

[tankyou]

So when is someone going to request a huge grant from the US government to conduct official scientific tests on arows to determine the issue. A long term test requiring multiple test silver arowana, large tanks, and multiple style of tanks/substrates/conditions. Only then will we know the answer.

Would be a cool grant to get!!!

 

[DeLgAdO]

So when is someone going to request a huge grant from the US government to conduct official scientific tests on arows to determine the issue. A long term test requiring multiple test silver arowana, large tanks, and multiple style of tanks/substrates/conditions. Only then will we know the answer.

Would be a cool grant to get!!!

lmao!!!!, and why the hell would the government even think about that?

the government isnt gonig to do ****

you need someone in the scientific community from something like a university with enough passion in the hobby to conduct something like that.