My silver arowana in 4500 gal
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Thanks, bro. As you probably know, there is no clarity as to what the cause(s) are, hence, I can't say anything coherent.
Among guesses, I may list adequate swimming space, no overhead tank lights, no trying to jump out of the tank and hitting lids, adequate nutrition, no obvious illnesses, especially when smaller. They did fight it out though a bit among themselves when they were small, under 6". That's how Kinky (beta) threw out its vertebrae, I think, challenging Alf (alpha). Once the pecking order was firmly in place, it got placid.
Thank you much, Maria! The babies experience was both exciting and sad. There is a thread in the breeding forum. But I did learn the trick to get the yolk-sack bearing aro babies to start feeding on something, anything really. Frozen floating bloodworms, for one. But having 240 gal full of water didn't do it. I needed to drop the water level to a minimum, like a few inches, so that the babies run into the worms constantly. Then they slowly start recognizing them as feed. Otherwise, nothing whatsoever I tried worked and I did bend backwards trying to get them to eat anything live or prepared...
Had a look at that thread of yours @thebiggerthebetter .... wow.... I got so lost there I was up half the night..
Absolutely amazing thread.... babies are just so, so cute.... the collection.. well.... priceless
Absolutely amazing thread.... babies are just so, so cute.... the collection.. well.... priceless
Haha... Thanks, Maria, you are too kind! I guess I should say sorry about that but you bear 50% of the responsibility for the judgment lapse in time management
Today I've noted that Alf got a suddenly drop eye of bad magnitude in one eye. I tend to think this is probably a result of trauma. Can't be certain but the sudden appearance of the defect argues toward that cause.
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This video is not focused on arowana but they are featured prominently too.
Plus one decides to check the rumors of palatability of GoPro cameras and the fingers holding them:
Nice video,very good quality , in this instance I see no sign of eye injury,which suggests it's related to diet, so feed him a insect based diet
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You may be right and know more about this than I do. I know little of the drop eye issues but my impression is the injury doesn't have to occur to the eye. They hit their head hard enough and in the right spot and get a drop eye, it seems to me.
True,but there's usually other signs of injury in those cases.Thank you! No. Not a crumb left
You may be right and know more about this than I do. I know little of the drop eye issues but my impression is the injury doesn't have to occur to the eye. They hit their head hard enough and in the right spot and get a drop eye, it seems to me.