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I have two 2" A. modestus in a 55gallon tank that have been doing fine for 6-7months now. Over the last month one of the puffer was getting bigger than the other one and I thought maybe this was natural. Today as i was feeding them, i saw the smaller one has overgrown teeth. The larger one doesn't have the problem at all(WEIRD). The smaller puffer still can eat some blood worms but not as quickly as the larger puffer. I have looked at http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebInde ... tistry.htm
and it says to use 4 drops of clove oil in 4.5 cups of water for a GSP. Is this about the same amount I should use for one of my A. modestus? I am super nervous about this dental task but it must be done before he starts starving to death.

Also any tips on doing the procedure would be great!

take a look at the "Puffer Dentistry" article in the Puffer Library "Hospital" section in the "Learn" tab, above!

Here is the link

library/hospital/dentistry/

awesome. Thank you very much. I hope all goes well with my first trimming. I'll now know what it feels like to be on looking down rather than up from a dentist's chair.

Hope it works out OK, I'm happy to say I've not had to do this procedure before

My modestus needs his teeth trimmed about every 6 months.

its just wierd that one of them has really overgrown teeth and the other one doesn't. Pufferpunk, do you use clove oil? or Finquel?

Ive heard clove oil works well, im intersted in pufferpunk's response to this as well.....

Clove oil can be quite dangerous and isn't recommended for routine procedures. Find some MS-222.

PP uses Finquel/MS-222. Try & keep the clove oil for use in absolute emergencies.

Yup, I use Finquel/MS222.

ok...so i did it with clove oil and he went out nicely, i did 3 little clippings of his teeth and then i started getting too nervous and shaky. I put him back into normal water and he came back too within 2min.(each second seemed like it lasted hours!!!) It took another few min to understand he was back in a tank and then i tried to feed him. He tried to eat but it still looks like he has super long teeth! How do i pull back his upper lip more without hurting him or ripping his lip off? I was thinking of trying to do it again next weekend? Should I attempt this? or wait longer?