Puffer's Teeth Growing

[fish addict]

I've had my puffer for about 2 years now and I just noticed that its "teeth" are pretty long. i know that they continue to grow, and I have monitored it ever since I purchased the fish.

I was feeding the puffer large pieces of krill, and it seemed to keep the teeth filed down. A few months ago I chopped the krill up into smaller pieces. i think that the smaller chunks are reducing wear on the teeth. I will go back to feeding large pieces of krill, but what should I feed it to wear down the extra tooth quickly? i think that I caught it soon enough to avoid any kind of crazy dental operation, but I do want to fix it quickly.

[Nutt]

Snails

[Germanman]

Snails
yea best bet there....also whole cockle and u can alway file the teeth...

[mike_nikki]

Just outta curiosity, how the hell you file puffer teeth. :D Without a chunk of flesh taken out of your finger from it being pissed your messing with it. lol

[kjr928]

Here's how you manually trim a puffer's teeth. Very interesting! :idea:
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/...tal/dentistry/

[mike_nikki]

Here's how you manually trim a puffer's teeth. Very interesting! :idea:
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/...tal/dentistry/

It says 404 not found....The requested URL was not found on this server. :(

[kjr928]

Thanks for catching it. Here's the right link. Sorry, don't know why that happened.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/hospital/dentistry/

[Catpicklesdog]

Thanks for catching it. Here's the right link. Sorry, don't know why that happened.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/hospital/dentistry/

Wow - I've never kept puffers and probably never will but that was a really interesting link!!!