F8 Beak Trimming - UK

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One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.

Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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szentia
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F8 Beak Trimming - UK

Post by szentia »

Hi,

I need some assistance and would be grateful for any advice.

Having owned my F8 for coming up to two years and despite feeding him a diet of 90% snails I now need to trim his beak. The reason why this terrifies me is that unfortunately I killed off my previous F8 trimming his beak using clove oil.

I now realise that clove oil is no longer recommended and that MS222 or Finquel should be used. Unfortunately, I live in the UK and this medication is not easy to come by. Having read a number of previous posts some people have been using Koi sedative, but what I can't find is any recommendation regarding mixing ratios.

Is Koi sedative still the best thing for me to use and if so can anyone who has used it recommend a brand and mixing ratio?

Many thanks.
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Re: F8 Beak Trimming - UK

Post by Pufferpunk »

Sorry I missed this
We have recently discovered that both are equally as dangerous to your fish (in different ways), so just make sure you are well-prepared to do the dentistry as quickly & safely as possible. I am not personally familiar with the Koi sedative, maybe a vet could help you out?
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