saint_felony wrote:

w.o.w. Ivan.

That's freakin' *awesome*

I wish I had that sort of access to fish journals. With some of the fish I've taken in there are times when I'm totally just winging it, and hoping I'm doing it right.

Like that Aro, thankfully there was enough info online that I was covered with him, but I'm definitely jealous.

You know anything else I should be watching out for with this guy? Anything I'm missing diet or otherwise?

Sorry, Saint, didn't catch this post yesterday. Avoid feeders and fatty food. High fat content in food is suspected as a possible cause of drop eye. Since he's missin' an eye already, drop eye in the other would be unpleasant. Make sure he has plenty of swimmin' space, though I figure ya got that one figured out already.

I wish I had time to get to Laramie and the library more than I do. 'Twas a lot easier to find time when I was single without kids. No soccer, no baseball, basement could be finished at MY leisure, LOL.

w.o.w? Don't know what that one means.

WYite

Wow. Only said slower with a lot more emphasis. I was tired, cut me some slack here.

How bout zomfg!!1! is that better?

Anyway. I did some research on drop eye, and it would appear that he has it, already, however it doesn't appear to be bad. I'm not sure how he was kept previously, but when I got him, he had been in the highest tank on the wall, so I'm sure that didn't help anything. Also no idea what they were feeding him. I suspect whatever it was was cheap tho.

Everything now is floating, and maybe I'll try grabbing some ping pong balls or something that floats to keep him entertained? Looking up? Seems like I should pull his tank mate too. I'm sure looking down to check out the other fish don't help either.

saint_felony wrote:

Wow. Only said slower with a lot more emphasis. I was tired, cut me some slack here.

How bout zomfg!!1! is that better?

Anyway. I did some research on drop eye, and it would appear that he has it, already, however it doesn't appear to be bad. I'm not sure how he was kept previously, but when I got him, he had been in the highest tank on the wall, so I'm sure that didn't help anything. Also no idea what they were feeding him. I suspect whatever it was was cheap tho.

Everything now is floating, and maybe I'll try grabbing some ping pong balls or something that floats to keep him entertained? Looking up? Seems like I should pull his tank mate too. I'm sure looking down to check out the other fish don't help either.

What are his tankmates?

One Uaru, that was at the store with him in the same tank, and one small, regular old pleco, to keep the algae down.

The pleco I'm not worried about being a distraction since in general they don't move a whole lot, but that Urau wanders around the bottom middle of the tank like it owns the place, because it pretty much does.

If it helps keep the drop eye from getting worse, it's all good.

Didn't even notice the eye when ya posted the pics, looked more at the color. Think you're right though, does look like he already has it. Sounds to me you're doin' everything ya can to help him.

If ya have someplace else to put the uaru, couldn't hurt. I don't think I'd worry 'bout the pleco.

Good luck.

WYite

I have some angels that are off quarantine here, I think I'll try the uaru in with them and see what happens.

The 4yr old donated a few floating toys to try out with him too. I just need to wash them off first. Who knows where he's had them or what he's done with them. I'm sure the people who normally keep aros would mock me for having two rubber duckies to help with the drop eye.

At least it's better than some of the things I've been reading about drop eye. I was reading a forum from Singapore about how there are people who manually cram the eyes back up in the socket to "treat" drop eye. I physically cringed reading that. Poor fishies. If it's a build up of fat, where the hell is it going to go. At least there was one doctor in Japan that had developed a surgical procedure for it by liposuctioning the fat out and then some sort of plastic surgery technique to tighten the muscles around the eye. For what some of the asians sell for I can see people doing that.

Right now I need to figure out what to do with feeding him while I'm away. I'm going to be gone 4 days. I was thinking I could just load him with dried shrimps and then feed him again when I get back.

saint_felony wrote:

One Uaru, that was at the store with him in the same tank, and one small, regular old pleco, to keep the algae down.

The pleco I'm not worried about being a distraction since in general they don't move a whole lot, but that Urau wanders around the bottom middle of the tank like it owns the place, because it pretty much does.

If it helps keep the drop eye from getting worse, it's all good.

WOW I love uarus post a pic of him

Sorry. The Uaru didn't get along with the angels, so I ended up dropping it off with my mom this afternoon. She had a 20g a single blood parrot and she said she liked it last time she was over.

Next time I stop by her house I'll get you a pic or two.

saint_felony wrote:

Sorry. The Uaru didn't get along with the angels, so I ended up dropping it off with my mom this afternoon. She had a 20g a single blood parrot and she said she liked it last time she was over.

Next time I stop by her house I'll get you a pic or two.

Ok Thanks

updates do you still have the aro or did you find him a home?

Yep. The one kid got attached to him so he's still here. I have since in my insanity picked up a few babies to grow out and breed to boot.

wow so how many aros do u have?

The one rescue, who's about 16 inches. 4 3in silvers and one 3 inch black. Once the black grows out a little more he's most likely going to a new home.

could you post pics of the black never seen one before not even in the LFS is it illegeal to most?

They're a South American variety, not illegal. They're growing out in pond plant baskets right now, so pics won't be that hot. I'm redoing some shelves for some more tanks and I'll move it in a tank to get some pictures.

Look around online for Osteoglossum ferreirai and you'll find bunches of pictures of adults too.

wow those are cool but i still like the silver ones lol