In my experience, if the barbels are completely gone they will not grow back. Mark Not in my limited experience. I rescued some corys, (leucomelas) and they had no barbels, and even some of their snout was missing as well. I got them into my main tank after a 3 week QT, and now 3 months later with ...

After getting the same response from everyone, I will just leave her be. I won't euthanize though, as she is still eating, and was a rescue. She's actually started eating a lot, and is getting larger. She and her friend were put into the main 29 gallon yesterday, and they are having a great time ...

I just got a very close up view of the cory's mouth. It does have a hole for it's mouth, it's 1/8 the size of the other cory. It's right in front of the cory, as there are no barbels to hide it. I don't believe the mouth slit controls the opening and closing,as it's always open. The jaw muscles open ...

Hi PC, I have a problem with one of my new corys. I rescued them from someone on Craigslist. So, I've been keeping them in QT (5 gallon, 78 deg, ph 6.8, 100% water change every 5 days, no substrate) The guy brought them to me, and they had no barbels. Great..... They are now regrowing the barbels ...