The Puffer Forum

Hello i am new to this forum as well as to puffer care. I will be getting 2 south American puffers in a couple of days. I have done lots of research and know even with a steady diet i will still have to trim there teeth. I have for food for the puffers some frozen blood worms and some ramshorn snails. What i really need to know is how to trim there teeth/beak without clove oil because i heard it is a like poison that builds up in there body and will cause a sooner death than natural. Thank you for the help

Try MS-222 (Finquel)

This is fresh to my ears, and saddening to hear! May i ask where you found this info on clove oil buildup.. as I have used this myself and would like to read more about it (ms222 is no stores where I am). Thanks!

You can order MS-222 (Finquel) on Ebay.

Really?!?! I never even looked there tbh! Thanks for the heads up PP, I'm going to get some now (and I will sleep much better at night once I have some)

I'm on eBay and can't find it by ms222 or finquel, is there another name I can search as I am getting nada on American ebay

I also searched for tricaine, but don't feel comfortable trying to get just the active ingredient- as I know this could be too strong or may not have all the effectiveness of the actual MS 222. However! I DID some digging here on TPF (I swear I find something to research on this site daily!) and found an old post with a link to the pentair website that sells 5grams for $20, not sure about the shipping- but I just thought I would share with others!