Anyone trimmed adult GSP teeth
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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.
Read this before posting!!
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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wonkadog
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well...
the LFS had earthworms but they were all dead so I just got blackworms. They were alive and wiggling when i dropped them in and the GSP saw them but still didn't take the bait. She's as colorful and white stomached as ever, just no interest in food...at least she isn't trying to bite at it. She does still do that "stretching" motion with her mouth and sometimes her whole body jerks around as if she's trying to unhinge that dang jaw which doesn't seem to let her eat. Any suggestions, I'm almost out of any ideas except keep on trying...are there any additives I could put in the water that people have had success with?? Remember the tank is saltwater....
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wonkadog
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about iodine...
How much iodine and is it going to screw up my water chemistry in the saltwater tank....I just have 2 other fish in the tank (hardy damsels). I'll try anything right now, just tell me how 
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wonkadog
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well
my GSP still hasn't eaten. She's finally getting so she looks really, really skinny now. Looks like nothing's going to work. Thanks for all the help. I'll have to remember to vary the diet of my next puffer more to hopefully prevent this again. The worst part of me going to lose her is that she's like more than a year old and still looks great. 
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lisalisa
Yes, force feeding may be needed here. See this thread : http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... php?t=1796
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wonkadog
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ok,
I don't want to give up, just didn't realize that force feeding may stimulate the appetite. I didn't want to force feed it if it was just going to delay the inevitable. You think getting food in its stomach will somehow make it want to eat again?? I think I'll post some pics so you guys can see what it looks like right now (if I can figure it out). What do you suggest I mash up to feed it?
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