WTF is Drop Eye????????

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I think it's from putting a monkey fish used to jumping in the wild in a aquarium.I have seen 5 out of 8 Arowanas I have raised in the past smash my lids and instantly have DE. I may be wrong but I have a 20'' that has no drop eye but she is the most calm aro I have owned and has never hit my lids that I know of.
 
my silver got de within a day of hitting the lid of his tank rely hard.
 
dragonfish18;2745321; said:
ive seen dudes do surgery on droop eye but i dont suggest it
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i agree...surgery just so that it looks better? If anything they should've prevented it from even happening to begin with...PROVIDE A LARGE ENCLOSURE FOR A MONSTER FISH ...thats the bottom line if u dotn want DE..
 
Yeah I pretty much agree mine had no drop eye then one day hit the lid really hard and ended up on the floor somehow probably HOB filter hole. Found him mostly dry and laying on his left side he has had drop eye on his left side ever since.
 
DustMite;2743436; said:
I think it's from putting a monkey fish used to jumping in the wild in a aquarium.I have seen 5 out of 8 Arowanas I have raised in the past smash my lids and instantly have DE. I may be wrong but I have a 20'' that has no drop eye but she is the most calm aro I have owned and has never hit my lids that I know of.
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likestofish;2745058; said:
my silver got de within a day of hitting the lid of his tank rely hard.
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jphillips2020;2745998; said:
Yeah I pretty much agree mine had no drop eye then one day hit the lid really hard and ended up on the floor somehow probably HOB filter hole. Found him mostly dry and laying on his left side he has had drop eye on his left side ever since.
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Seem there are quite a few silver owners who have witness the same as I.
 
oh my...

hope my aro doesnt get this Drop Eye...any cures?
 
no cures. And i also believe that DE is caused by head trauma. My only doubt about this theory would be, why does it usually occur with silvers and less common with jars, and even more rare to find them on asians.
 
sodenoshirayuki;2746538; said:
no cures. And i also believe that DE is caused by head trauma. My only doubt about this theory would be, why does it usually occur with silvers and less common with jars, and even more rare to find them on asians.
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...and seemingly none existent on black aros.

May be that even though all very similar they are all just different fish.
 
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