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.

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.

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