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	Barbel of Cories
wk Fingerling Posts: 32 Kudos: 35 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Aug-2004	Hi, my friend gave me some couries and I noticed that one of them have short or eroded barbels. Can they grow back ? Thanks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	They have most likely been eroded away by poor water quality. As long as you take care of them now, the barbels will grow back. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
wk Fingerling Posts: 32 Kudos: 35 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Aug-2004	Thanks for the reply. But how long it take for the barbels to grow back ?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	It depends on how good the conditions in your tank are, and how happy the cories are. I would say that it could take a couple of months. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Sometimes my gouramis bite off a barbel from my corys (algae wafer = feeding frenzy), and it usually grows back within a week. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Curare Enthusiast Posts: 196 Kudos: 130 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004	Did we ever come up with a decent enough consensus on what causes barbel erosion? I'm completely mystified as I have a few pandas that lost their barbels and my nitrates are O.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04


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