i have two small tinfoils one of them i separated and put in with my bluegill because he was torturing the other one and now the one that didnt get separated is bigger just a little (background) so i noticed today the bigger one has what looks like whiskers hanging down really small but the other one doesnt have them so its got my concerned is this a parasite or worms or something? i feed them pellets flakes and frozen bloodworms can someone please shed some light on this should i be concerned? lmk thanks

Interesting. What are your water parameters? Have any of your fish been acting strange? Normally you can tell if its parasites if your fish flash, or have stringy, white poop. Your sure they are the same species? A pic would help too.

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i just ran out of everything in my test kit a month ago im ordering one on amazon as we speak and no my fish are acting fine no stringy white poop everything seems normal i jusrt noticed he has whiskers and im almost positive they are the same species they look exactly the same and i bought them together as tinfoil barbs ill try and see if my camera will pick up the whiskers i doubt it tho they are small but let me see

yeah i picture is not happening its just my cell camera i could barley get a clear shot of his face and they didnt show up they are really small coming out of the joint in his jaw very very small

Weird, well I would say that if all that is happening is aggression that I wouldn't worry about it too much. But I have no idea why its growing whiskers.

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How to Choose Barb Fish | eHow.com
This page says that barbs are named so because some grow whiskers

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okay thanks! i appreciate your help now i dont have to worry about him haha

No problem, glad I could help

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