The Puffer Forum

I just did some dentistry on my A. Silus today. I've only done this once before on my late A. Modestus, so it was still scary. He's back in the 25G and he looks fine, but he's not eating yet. I'll keep a close eye on him, but I think he should be fine.

Thanks to Pufferpunk for giving me the info on how to do it. I printed it up and use it every time

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Glad I could help! Did you use clove oil or Finquel?

(I'm hijacking this topic instead of making my own, lol, hope you don't mind).

I finally received the Finquel I ordered online and I seem to have thrown out the instructions accidentally while cleaning today ;__; How much of the powder would I mix with 3 cups tank water?

Pufferpunk wrote:Glad I could help! Did you use clove oil or Finquel?

Clove Oil. He seems fine today. Thanks again!

zombiefetus wrote:(I'm hijacking this topic instead of making my own, lol, hope you don't mind).

I finally received the Finquel I ordered online and I seem to have thrown out the instructions accidentally while cleaning today ;__; How much of the powder would I mix with 3 cups tank water?

Get out of here!

No, jk, the clove oil I use comes in a liquid form, I used three drops in four cups of water. I don't know if that'll help.

^The finquel I got is in a powder form, and I'm not sure how to measure it out. ;___;

zombiefetus wrote:^The finquel I got is in a powder form, and I'm not sure how to measure it out. ;___;

PP would be more of an expert on it than me, I've never used Finquel. I think yunachin knows about it too, but I'm not sure.

I suggest only 1 drop clove oil/cup. Glad the fellow woke up ok.

I use one of those small spoons that come with my Salifert test kits/cup of water. You can also Google Finquel for their instructions.

I have the Finquel instructions in front of me.. you'll have to do the math yourself but they suggest 85 milligrams per liter for tropical fish, 75 mg per liter for egglayers (I would go with the smaller dose for puffers I would think).

Those are the instructions for the "rapid anesthesia", it says it should knock them out in less than 2-5 minutes, max exposure time is listed at 12 hours but I don't know if I'd try that myself , recovery time listed as 5-40 minutes.

If you use a lower dose, you'll be looking at it taking longer for the fish to be sedated, and they might not go completely unconcious, just be lethargic.. the dosage recommended for that type of sedation is 66 mg per liter of water.

Again, you're on your own for doing the math and figuring out how to measure the milligrams

I haven't actually used it yet.. Frank passed away before his teeth ever got bad enough to need a trim.