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Guys I need advice – over the past couple days, my three Figure 8 Puffers have been acting strange – they’re spending a lot of time (seemingly) struggling to breathe at the top of the tank, and have been lethargic, dazed .. swimming into each other, getting stuck in tank decor, turning over, floating not swimming – dead-eyed and catatonic at times.

It LOOKs like they’re in shock- like they’d look when coming out of clove oil anesthesia.

I have no idea what’s wrong. Apart from their behavior, everything SEEMS normal, now at least.

Current Setup

36 Gallon Bowfront w three small to medium figure 8 puffers. I’ve had them 1-2 years.

Temperature 80 degrees

PH 7.8-8ish

SG 1.003

Ammonia 0 Ni

So yesterday I had my first (and hopefully last) experience with trimming Figure 8 Puffer Teeth.

I noticed that my two puffers (about 2.5 inches) were struggling to eat at times - during a water change / tank makeover I got a look at them and saw their teeth definitely needed some trimming.

I looked it up online, got all the materials, and was able to successfully, sort of, anesthetize them with 3-4 drops of clove oil in 3 cups of water, but I struggled when it came to trimming.

They're delicate little fish and I was really nervous over the potential to hurt them / suffocate them / disfigure them / kill them. I was so nervous that I ended each clipping session prematurely - plopping

So yesterday I had my first (and hopefully last) experience with trimming Figure 8 Puffer Teeth.

I noticed that my two puffers (about 2.5 inches) were struggling to eat at times - during a water change / tank makeover I got a look at them and saw their teeth definitely needed some trimming.

I looked it up online, got all the materials, and was able to successfully, sort of, anesthetize them with 3-4 drops of clove oil in 3 cups of water, but I struggled when it came to trimming.

They're delicate little fish and I was really nervous over the potential to hurt them / suffocate them / disfigure them / kill them. I was so nervous that I ended each clipping session prematurely - plopping the

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