Here is a GSP Teeth Trimming Video I found:
I have to be honest I was terrified for the poor little guy!
GSP Teeth Trimming Video
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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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GSP Teeth Trimming Video
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Re: GSP Teeth Trimming Video
wish people wouldnt use nets to move them 
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Re: GSP Teeth Trimming Video
I have told a few people who mades these sort of vids. They all think they know what there doing but one little puff of air and that could be it.hadla wrote:wish people wouldnt use nets to move them
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Re: GSP Teeth Trimming Video
yeah, i posted 2 comments on it lol
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Re: GSP Teeth Trimming Video
How would they clip his teeth without exposing him to air then?suvattii2012 wrote:I have told a few people who mades these sort of vids. They all think they know what there doing but one little puff of air and that could be it.hadla wrote:wish people wouldnt use nets to move them
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Re: GSP Teeth Trimming Video
I believe that was referring to when the puffer is not already sedated.
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Re: GSP Teeth Trimming Video
it can be done, by using a dedicated juice jug to transfer the puffer. Use the net to corral it and into the sedation bucket it goes. It will be exposed to air after it is sedated but there is far less risk (due to transferring it from the sedation vessel to the recovery vessel). Then the opposite is also true.. corral it back into the juice jug and back into the tank.
You can also use a measuring cup that that is a bit tricky
"I believe that was referring to when the puffer is not already sedated."
Where did you see that one?
Edit:
Just finished watching the vid...
a few pointers:
1) don't use clove oil. Use MS-222
2) That puffer was gone in just under 50 seconds in... he could have done it sooner.
3) the actual trim was a bit long but since it was under I don't thin it will suffer any ill effect.. the trim should have taken under 30 sec to do.. but I understand that take practice and a good hand.
4) I think I know that guy.. so I can't speak too harshly. Handling the fish in the net during the procedure was key.
The overall procedure just took a little too long for my liking.
You can also use a measuring cup that that is a bit tricky
"I believe that was referring to when the puffer is not already sedated."
Where did you see that one?
Edit:
Just finished watching the vid...
a few pointers:
1) don't use clove oil. Use MS-222
2) That puffer was gone in just under 50 seconds in... he could have done it sooner.
3) the actual trim was a bit long but since it was under I don't thin it will suffer any ill effect.. the trim should have taken under 30 sec to do.. but I understand that take practice and a good hand.
4) I think I know that guy.. so I can't speak too harshly. Handling the fish in the net during the procedure was key.
The overall procedure just took a little too long for my liking.
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...
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Re: GSP Teeth Trimming Video
yeah, thats what i meant, never move a breathing puffer out of water XD
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