heather84

Our 2 peppered cory cats went missing (1 then the other about a week later) and by missing i mean vanished never to be found lol

Ive been trying to find more peppered cory cats for a few weeks but they pet store hasnt had them latley. Today they finally got them in and i got all excited and got one

Hes a fairly small little guy......got home, put him in the tank and realized he doesnt have his barbels or very very small ones that i cant see

1.) Do they develop at a certain age? maybe hes to little have them yet?

2.) Will they grow back? ( i know to watch for infections etc)

3.) Will he still be able to find food and stuff?

Tony G.

Hello Heather
Most of the times, corys grow barbels once old enough. However, they can loose them if the substrate is tough on them, or innadecuate water paramters. When you men " missing" do you mean they died? if not i would ask if you have a lid. If not then the most likely cause is they took the big leap.

heather84

do the barbels grow back? i dont know if they havent grown in yet or if they were damaged got him like this from the LFS but hes a fairly small guy

i mean missing as in they vanished without a trace lol......yes we have a lid
I dunno if they jumped out (we have 2 cats)
or if the other fish ate them.....we dont have any agressive fish and expected to atleast see bones