[westcoastwelder]

Hey,

My silver aro has developed drop eye, but only in one of its eyes, on his left side. The other eye is perfectly fine, but the bad one has dropped right down now. I saw pics on arofanatics of someone doing surgery on the aro to cure this by cutting above its eye, scraping out a bunch of fat, and then pushing the eye back into place. Have any of you ever seen this or done this? I know its just about unavoidable in silvers due to shitty breeding, but how about other aro species, are they prone to drop eye too? I've heard about other ways of treating it by wrapping the tank with dark paper or putting it in a pond, but I cant really do either, I'd never see my fish, and i dont have a pond (water freezes 6 feet thick up here).

Thanks,

Ryan

[Rich]

Asian aros are also quite prone to it, especially reds due to excessive selective breeding for color. I don't know if I'd recommend even a vet doing surgery like that as it's not really documented or practiced enough to find someone that is good at it. It's a huge risk and a good change that the aro won't make it. Probably best to live with it.

[Peck]

That surgery looks very risky. I remember seeing the photos some time ago and thinking, OUCH. Not worth it at all. If you do decide to do it, try on someone elses arowana first jjs. In all seriousness I would not recommened it.

[Dracofish]

As of now the only Aro species that get drop eye with great frequency are Asians and Silvers because of the massive breeding. Blacks are still primarily wild caught so have good gene pools. Jardinis don't have the condition yet, but since they are now being bred on farms I'm sure they'll eventually develop the condition just as Silvers have.

[Rich]

I should also add that green asian aros rarely/never get it since they are not inbred/selectively bred for color like the reds and more expensive aros.