Droop eyes cured on 2 Aros

Originally Posted by lyn_amo

i juz saw my rtg got a bit DE!!!
must try doing it le..

Once success, update us.

Originally Posted by krowana

Once success, update us.

dun worry i will update u guys.. sian leh.. i think i must change a new tank.. change environment!!

Originally Posted by lyn_amo

dun worry i will update u guys.. sian leh.. i think i must change a new tank.. change environment!!

Why must change tank le?

[Aroboy II]

Originally Posted by lyn_amo

dun worry i will update u guys.. sian leh.. i think i must change a new tank.. change environment!!

Upgrading??

I'm currently trying red blinking bicycle light every night,
will update u all

[Aroboy II]

Originally Posted by lifesux

I'm currently trying red blinking bicycle light every night,
will update u all

Waiting for your good news!

[VSKH]

Originally Posted by Voltron2000

Thanks Kenny, for the feedback and suggestions. Will try out without those blinkers and update again soon.

Cheers

If the blinkers are removed and the DE doesn't occur again for a few months.....then I would say the treatment is TRUELY successful. All the best!

[TROY041004]

Originally Posted by Voltron2000

Droop eyes cured on two of my aros:

Aro: Silver and PT. Silva RTG (Silver right eye and RTG Left eye droop 45 deg downwards)
Size: Silver 12 inches and RTG 14 inches
Tank Size: 6 x 2 x 2 ft (3 sides Black Oyama with bare bottom)
Technics used: 2x Orange pingpong balls (mark with red dots on the vertical and horizontal axis)
White Blinker Lights (used for bicycles) => place on top of tanks at different positions every night
Comm Tank
Diet: Feeders(GF,Koi,Toman), BF, SW, MP, Pellets, Live/Frozen Centipedes, Sliced Beef, Sliced Chicken and recently KangKong...
Diet Frequency: Daily (never starved them before)
Tank Mates: 1x Motoro, 2x Catfish (RTC and another type, dunno name), 3x High fin Plecos, 2x ST
Filter Media Change: Monthly (every month end) *Personal finding, never to change filter media and WC concurrently
Water Change: 20% Monthly (every mid month) *Personal finding, never to change filter media and WC concurrently
Reason for purchase: Why i bought a droop eyed aro? Personally took it as a challenge to cure them and not because the aro has perfect or fantastic posture or colouration.
Cured In: Silver under 1 month, RTG under 2 months
Remarks: All the techniques were used concurrently. Could be one or two or all of those together that could have contributed to the curing of the droop eyes.Droop eyes has/have been associated with various things ie. fatty food, too much food, reflective bottom of tank (seeing it's own reflection), looking at bottom dwelling tank mates and so on.

Question: I am feeding all those mentioned above which some are fatty food though NOT at all frequent. I feed them daily (as much as they can consume). So is this considered too much food? I have a bare bottom tank. Can this be considered reflective bottom? Comm tank and bottom dwelling tankmates. Did this help in the curing process? I doubt, because i think most of us have seen many comm tanks, where aros still have droop eyes and aros with bottom dwelling tankmates with still good eye conditions.

So, to all bros/sis, what are your thoughts base on the above and what could have contributed to the curing of the droop eyes exactly?

As far as i can see and prove, all the reasons thus far are not valid except for the fatty food, where fatty deposits remain in the eye socket causing droop eye.. If you have a good regime with the diet, droop eye can be avoided and cured and an eye operation to remove the fatty deposits is not required.

Finally on the curing process, did the pingpong balls and the blinker lights help in the curing process, though many claimed putting pingpong balls defits the purpose of curing droop eyes. So, all in all did the blinker light did the trick with balance diet?

All your thoughts wrt this topic is appreciated.

Cheers.

Nice information! my guess its the blinker!

[phillife76]

Thanks for sharing ur knowledge...

[glyeo84]

well dne. and thanks for the input!!!