Cut puffers teeth?

[Brisch]

I have 3 amazon puffers who dont eat snails. After observing them for a while I noticed 2 of them need their teeth clipped. Does anyone know how I can go about doing this?

Brittany

[spit.fire]

clove oil and nail clippers

[BelieveInBlue]

clove oil and nail clippers

What he said =P

Could also try feeding them something well a shell (prawns, snails, etc) If they simply refuse to eat that stuff, then use clove oil and clippers

[Brisch]

yeah its like they have never been fed snails or prawns when i put them in they swim away scared, what do I do with the clove oil?

[spit.fire]

Put 2-4 drops of clove oil into 1ltr of water, put the puffer fish in the water until it is out, once it is out then you clip its teeth(while leaving it in the water), put it back into fresh water and it will return back to its normal self after a few seconds/minutes

[spit.fire]

also it probably wouldnt hurt to sterilize the clippers, at the fish hatchery i worked at we used iodine solution to sterilize all the equipment

[Brisch]

ok thank you, I have all the stuff to do this.

[Johnnyfishtanks]

let us know how this turns out

[The Guy]

Interesting, I have never heard of fish needing dental work. Is this an on going thing you have to do all the time?

[Chewie]

Yeah, for puffers they have beak-like teeth. Usually feeding them food with shells on (snails, clams....) Will keep the teeth ground down, if not the teeth will grow out to much and they cannot eat.
I read an article in a magazine a few months ago about it. The lady in it used a dremel to grind the teeth down, the puffers were a good size though.

Interesting, I have never heard of fish needing dental work. Is this an on going thing you have to do all the time?