do I need to trim f8's beak?

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do I need to trim f8's beak?

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So I have two f8s that I feed snails pretty regularly, and while one is doing fine, the other, Mango, seems to have kind of a long beak. I've never had to trim a puffers beak before and frankly I don't know how to tell if she needs it. Does anyone have any pointers on how to tell? (Also posted on fishlore)
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Re: do I need to trim f8's beak?

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Need a pic
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Re: do I need to trim f8's beak?

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How do I reply with a picture? It keeps telling me the file is too big when I send it from my gallery.
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Re: do I need to trim f8's beak?

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Download it to a photo storage site like Image Shack & post link here.
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Re: do I need to trim f8's beak?

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Pufferpunk
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My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Re: do I need to trim f8's beak?

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Gosh, it's really hard to tell without a clear picture.
http://wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/sm ... tistry.htm
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