I was looking at a F8 at my local LFS but it looks like its teeth may be too long...? What do the F8's teeth look like when they are too long? I can see the teeth and it looks like it may not be able to close its mouth I see lips and teeth. It looks like his teeth come together, the top don't over hang the bottom. I looked on the net for a pic but can't seem to find one big enough to really see the teeth. I had them feed it in front of me and it was eating, they have been feeding it frozen krill, there are snail shells in the tank but they are all empty...
Since I have never trimmed teeth before i don't know if I want to do it immediately after I bought it.
Anyone have a picture of a F8 with overgrown teeth, or anything I should look for in order to tell if they are too long?
F8 teeth
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
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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Re: F8 teeth
Sounds like they are too long, trimming teeth can be hard especially if they are really overgrown.
It might be best not to get it.
It might be best not to get it.
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Re: F8 teeth
Or if you choose to get it read this first
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/lib ... dentistry/
I tryed trimming my SAP once and i killed one of them. BE SURE NOT TO OVER DOSE WITH CLOVE OIL!!!!!
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/lib ... dentistry/
I tryed trimming my SAP once and i killed one of them. BE SURE NOT TO OVER DOSE WITH CLOVE OIL!!!!!
Re: F8 teeth
So should I not be able to see teath (beak) at all unless the mouth is open? I guess I'm wondering how one can tell when they are too long... What do they look like then? Maybe I can snap a picture of it and post it...
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Re: F8 teeth
If you check out the above link, you will see an excellent example of before & after trimming. If it can't close it's mouth, it probably can't open it enough to eat.
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