July 2008 POTM, winner announced!
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:04 pmThank you all for your patience while I dealt with life's problems but trust me, the pictures this month are well worth the wait!
Please vote for which puffer photo you think should be our July Puffer of the Month winner! Voting will be open for 10 days, and you may change your vote before the poll closes. Clicking on the thumbnails will open the images into their full sized views.
Good luck to all who entered, and let the games begin!!
Entry #1:
Hi my name is Elvis:, I am a Stars and Stripes Puffer.
I am about 15 months old. This morning while my mommy was making coffee, something spooked me, so I puffed up. This picture was taken after I started to deflate. I am about 8" long from nose to tail. I am also the biggest fish in the house which makes me "King". Species: Arothron hispidus
Entry #2:
Species - Tetraodon Mbu
Name of Puffer - Moobo
Age (if known) - 2 years
Size - 7" (including tail)
Brief description - Moobo photographed at home in action playing with his ping pong ball!
Entry #3:
Species - Tetraodon nigroviridis
Name of Puffer - Bonzo
Age - Had him 9 months
Size - a shade over 2 1/2" inc. tail
Brief description - living the good life in a Jewel Rio 180 currently at an SG of 1.023
Entry #4:
- Species: Arothron meleagris
- Name of Puffer: Jamie Foxx (That's what I named him anyway....)
- Age (if known): unknown
- Size: 8"
- Brief description - Jamie Foxx was being sold at a LFS called "Medusa" in Santa Monica where this picture was taken. He loved posing in front of my camera!
Entry #5:
Valentini Puffer
Name - Valentine
About 5 months
3 inchesish
She just loves to pose for the camera
Entry #6:
Species : Tetraodon biocellatus
Age : 1 year
Size: 1.5 inch
Kept in a 55gallon tank with 3 more f8's, 3 knight gobies, 3 mollies, 1 green chromide, 2 orange chromides.
Entry #7:
Name : Elevator
Breed : Green Spotted Bundle of Fun...I mean Puffer
Age : Unknown, in my home for 2 months
Size : 2"
Description : Elevator was just waking up, and I snapped about half a million shots to get this one.
Entry #8:
Name: Ying&Yang
Species: Momotrete palembangensis
Age: unknown
Size: about 7cm
Ying and Yang are my two palembangensis puffers, They're always together. They live in a heavily planted tank.
Entry #9:
- Species: Tetraodon abei (Abei Puffer)
- Name of Puffer: Kirby
- Age: Best guess, a little over a year?
- Size: about 3.5'
- Brief description: Kirby actually loves getting his picture taken and if I could take better pictures, I'd have lots more! He actually 'posed' for this one, swam over to the glass, smiled, and just hovered there 'till I took the pic. He really wants to win! His home is a 29 gallon planted tank.
Entry #10
Species: Monotrete palembangensis
Name: Dragonfly
Age: unknown
Size: about 10 cm (4'') plus the tail
Pic taken in her own tank today, and she got very upset about the whole thing. She doesn't want me to show her off to the whole world, but I'm in charge here! BTW, she lives by her own in her 120 liter (32 G) tank.
Please vote for which puffer photo you think should be our July Puffer of the Month winner! Voting will be open for 10 days, and you may change your vote before the poll closes. Clicking on the thumbnails will open the images into their full sized views.
Good luck to all who entered, and let the games begin!!
Entry #1:
Hi my name is Elvis:, I am a Stars and Stripes Puffer.
I am about 15 months old. This morning while my mommy was making coffee, something spooked me, so I puffed up. This picture was taken after I started to deflate. I am about 8" long from nose to tail. I am also the biggest fish in the house which makes me "King". Species: Arothron hispidus
Entry #2:
Species - Tetraodon Mbu
Name of Puffer - Moobo
Age (if known) - 2 years
Size - 7" (including tail)
Brief description - Moobo photographed at home in action playing with his ping pong ball!
Entry #3:
Species - Tetraodon nigroviridis
Name of Puffer - Bonzo
Age - Had him 9 months
Size - a shade over 2 1/2" inc. tail
Brief description - living the good life in a Jewel Rio 180 currently at an SG of 1.023
Entry #4:
- Species: Arothron meleagris
- Name of Puffer: Jamie Foxx (That's what I named him anyway....)
- Age (if known): unknown
- Size: 8"
- Brief description - Jamie Foxx was being sold at a LFS called "Medusa" in Santa Monica where this picture was taken. He loved posing in front of my camera!
Entry #5:
Valentini Puffer
Name - Valentine
About 5 months
3 inchesish
She just loves to pose for the camera
Entry #6:
Species : Tetraodon biocellatus
Age : 1 year
Size: 1.5 inch
Kept in a 55gallon tank with 3 more f8's, 3 knight gobies, 3 mollies, 1 green chromide, 2 orange chromides.
Entry #7:
Name : Elevator
Breed : Green Spotted Bundle of Fun...I mean Puffer
Age : Unknown, in my home for 2 months
Size : 2"
Description : Elevator was just waking up, and I snapped about half a million shots to get this one.
Entry #8:
Name: Ying&Yang
Species: Momotrete palembangensis
Age: unknown
Size: about 7cm
Ying and Yang are my two palembangensis puffers, They're always together. They live in a heavily planted tank.
Entry #9:
- Species: Tetraodon abei (Abei Puffer)
- Name of Puffer: Kirby
- Age: Best guess, a little over a year?
- Size: about 3.5'
- Brief description: Kirby actually loves getting his picture taken and if I could take better pictures, I'd have lots more! He actually 'posed' for this one, swam over to the glass, smiled, and just hovered there 'till I took the pic. He really wants to win! His home is a 29 gallon planted tank.
Entry #10
Species: Monotrete palembangensis
Name: Dragonfly
Age: unknown
Size: about 10 cm (4'') plus the tail
Pic taken in her own tank today, and she got very upset about the whole thing. She doesn't want me to show her off to the whole world, but I'm in charge here! BTW, she lives by her own in her 120 liter (32 G) tank.
I think we are all getting better with our camera's. It's going to be a tough competition. Good luck to everyone!