RTG; your opinions about barbels

[StiffMeister]

Guys, i have the option to buy this RTG. Hes around 35 cm and nicely colored. The only thing: his barbels are fecked. They are almost completely gone and he hasnt shown much improvement over the last 2 months.
What are your opinions about a (full) recovery of his barbels?

 

[rust9000]

if they have been gone for a while then i say non....if its only been a week or so there is a posibiltiy

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

depends on how deep the cut off point is.

can you take a pic of the actual barbels? (yes i realize how hard this is )

 

[xxblwn408]

An Aro with no barbles does look kind of funny, but its still an ASIAN aro. So I would say go for it if the price is right.

Don't count on the growing back. it looks like they broke off at the base. Keepers in asia prick the barbles with a needle to promote growth. I have no idea if this works or not??

 

[MistirE]

An Aro with no barbles does look kind of funny, but its still an ASIAN aro. So I would say go for it if the price is right.

Don't count on the growing back. it looks like they broke off at the base. Keepers in asia prick the barbles with a needle to promote growth. I have no idea if this works or not??

Makes sense to me.......408 huh? bay area?

 

[StiffMeister]

i might see go see the aro this weekend and if possible ill make a decent pic. But if the barbels are "broken" off at the base there is no hope of recovering?

 

[Chaos32]

If the break is at the base, then chances of recovery is slim but not impossible. A frontal pic will be more telling. If the barbels recover, there is a good chance it will be of uneven length & thickness.

 

[Miguel]

I' d say go for it regardless of the barbels..35 cm RTG is impressive, with or without barbels...and I don't know if you get a lot of options in holland...

in these here parts I would jump for it

 

[T1KARMANN]

you can prick each barbel with a pin sometimes it helps the grow back

 

[275ti03]

I hate to see such a nice aro w/ barbs missing... the barbs are gone... finito... yea, if the base of the barbs are gone... no chance of them growing back...