Where did you learn to knock them out with clove oil? Also i have some spotted green puffers should I be trimming their beaks? I feed the mostly shell on raw shrimp and the occasional beetle and this seems to work. Although one of my puffers beaks seems to be a bit longer then the others. any advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks
I learned about clove oil through the internet and some videos on youtube.
Your GSP's shouldn't require regular teeth trimming. Puffers in the genuses Modestus and Cosmosellus have teeth that grow extremely fast, so they WILL need regular trimming. GSP's may occasionally need some dental work, but it seems like you are feeding appropriate foods so I do not foresee a need for it in the future.
@Interlocomotive While anesthesia and dentistry may not be pleasant for the puffer, allowing its teeth to grow large and malformed enough to restrict eating would be much more cruel.
is it normal do cut teeths to this fishes? Arent able to trim alone eating something strong as muscles or seafruits or schrims? Thanks a lot for the answers.
For puffers in the Modestus genus, like mine, there teeth grow way too fast to be kept down with hard foods. Some other puffers need it, but not as often as these guys. Mine need it every 4-6 months. Feeding them tons of pond snails helps, but it really only slows it down. With other FW puffers such as the dwarf puffer, fahaka, and mbu puffer, teeth trimming can be a lot less frequent.
In nature, they eat primarily snails and other shellfish. In the aquarium, it's very hard to provide all of that. I feed mine flakes, frozen bloodworms, and frozen mysis shrimp.
Where did you learn to knock them out with clove oil? Also i have some spotted green puffers should I be trimming their beaks? I feed the mostly shell on raw shrimp and the occasional beetle and this seems to work. Although one of my puffers beaks seems to be a bit longer then the others. any advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks
awsome0enough 3 months ago
@awsome0enough Hi, I'm pretty late getting back to you.
I learned about clove oil through the internet and some videos on youtube.
Your GSP's shouldn't require regular teeth trimming. Puffers in the genuses Modestus and Cosmosellus have teeth that grow extremely fast, so they WILL need regular trimming. GSP's may occasionally need some dental work, but it seems like you are feeding appropriate foods so I do not foresee a need for it in the future.
Willwaibel864 5 days ago
You cruel MF!
Interlocomotive 1 year ago
@Interlocomotive While anesthesia and dentistry may not be pleasant for the puffer, allowing its teeth to grow large and malformed enough to restrict eating would be much more cruel.
Willwaibel864 5 days ago
is it normal do cut teeths to this fishes? Arent able to trim alone eating something strong as muscles or seafruits or schrims? Thanks a lot for the answers.
skinhead30 1 year ago
@skinhead30
For puffers in the Modestus genus, like mine, there teeth grow way too fast to be kept down with hard foods. Some other puffers need it, but not as often as these guys. Mine need it every 4-6 months. Feeding them tons of pond snails helps, but it really only slows it down. With other FW puffers such as the dwarf puffer, fahaka, and mbu puffer, teeth trimming can be a lot less frequent.
Willwaibel864 1 year ago
@Willwaibel864 thanks a lot for your reply. And what about wild? how they do in nature to reduce such growing teeth?
skinhead30 1 year ago
@skinhead30
In nature, they eat primarily snails and other shellfish. In the aquarium, it's very hard to provide all of that. I feed mine flakes, frozen bloodworms, and frozen mysis shrimp.
Willwaibel864 1 year ago