My mum bought 2 small (baby) juli eye corydra a from a pet shop on Monday. On Friday when I came to hers for the weekend, I noticed that one of them was missing like 2 whole barbels and it looks a little white (not cottony) and a little swollen (just a bit).
My mum said he's been eating but I don't think he has as he isn't eating at all now and his sides are on the skinny side. Not sure what to do, never had this before.
Aquarium fish can go a few days without food. Overfeeding tends to be a bigger problem anyway.
But, without barbels Corydoras will have a hard time eating. You should always have a soft underground where Cordydoras cannot hurt their barbels. For if they lose their barbels they will have a very hard time finding food and will very likely starve.
*Without a picture it's hard to tell what is going on. Only time will tell if they are hurt.
