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matt68

Jul 10 2010, 18:02

Hi,

Just bought two Catfish (Synodontis Euptera) from my LFS, noticed one of his whiskers is missing, well it's only a short stump!

Do whiskers on Catfish grow back like fins ect does anyone know?

Cheers...

Big Den

Jul 10 2010, 18:11

Yeah, they are always losing them, it will grow back.

matt68

Jul 10 2010, 18:18

QUOTE(Big Den @ Jul 10 2010, 19:11 )

Yeah, they are always losing them, it will grow back.

Ah thats good, was gonna take it back!...

webbi

Jul 11 2010, 11:30

some cats dont depend how much of a stump they have left i had a 16" peruno catfish a wile back i had him for a year and it never grew back, i have a trachy catfish that lost his whiskers a wile back and they grew back quick...

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