cories have ick?

[shadypat]

My cories appear to have some diseae. I have three, two of them have one litle white spot on them. One of them i just realizes has had his barbels shortened, with the tips whitening. Is this ick or some other fungus?

 

[Mushroomman]

it's barbel erosion, caused by rough gravel. you need smoother substrate. im not sure how to treat it, though.

 

[shadypat]

Will i use the river gravel, which isnt too rough. Also, out of my two skunk cories, one has "eroded" barbels, but the other one does not. Both of them do seem to have a single very small white patch on them though. Also, one of my rainbowfish developed a white cloudiness in one of his eyes. Perhaps i have had a significant water quality drop to cause all of this.