Off to a late start, my apologies for that!
But here we go, vote for your favorite puffer photo! You may only vote once and you may not change your vote, so vote wisely! Remember, each photo is a link that opens up to the full sized version (other than the last one, the original is pretty small), so be sure to check them out!
The winner will be featured on our home page for the following month and entered into the Puffer of the Year 2010 competition!
As always, voting runs for 10 days.
Let the voting begin!
Entry #1
My Green Spotted Puffer "Alex":
-Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
-Age: Has been in my care for 1 month.
-Size: 1 inch
Entry #2
Species: Takifugu ocellatus (Fugu puffer)
Name of Puffer: Sushi
Age (if known): at least 1.5 years
Size: 4"
Brief description - The scary hand is in my property again! Must dig. I hope the hand doesn't find me.
Entry #3
- Species-Green Spotted Puffer
- Name of Puffer-Sputnik
- Age (if known)- bought 2 months ago
- Size- 2''
- Brief description - Sputnik in 29 gallon tank.
Entry #4
- species - fahaka
- name - Faya
Entry #5
Chub Chub the dwarf puffer.
Four days old. 1 inch.
Entry #6
my fahaka puffer "Kukah"
age-unknown
species-Tetraodon lineatus
size-8"
(Kukah plays with his favorite toy in this pic)
Entry #7
Tetraodon turgidus
Leon
About 2 years
4 inches
This is Leon showing his rare not so shy side. He is kept right next to
my bed and I get to wake up to his smiling face every morning.
Entry #8
My GSP Janey
Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
Age: Unknown / i have had for about 4 months
Size: About an inch and a half
Entry #9
- Species - Tetraodon lineatus
- Name of Puffer - My Love!
- Age (if known) - Not known
- Size - 4 or 5 inches
- Brief description - A friend at the LFS.
Entry #10
My Porcupine puffer "Mr. Fish":
- Species: Diodon holacanthus
- Age: No idea (we’ve had him for 3 years)
- Size: 7 inch
Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!
Forum rules
Would you like to enter our Puffer of the Month photo competition?
Each month's winner is not only featured on our home page for the following month, but is automatically entered into our annual Puffer of the Year competition, with a grand prize of a $25 gift certificate to The Puffer Store!
Full rules and entry instructions can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3455
Would you like to enter our Puffer of the Month photo competition?
Each month's winner is not only featured on our home page for the following month, but is automatically entered into our annual Puffer of the Year competition, with a grand prize of a $25 gift certificate to The Puffer Store!
Full rules and entry instructions can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3455
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Myaj
- Tech Team
- Posts: 4587
- Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:27 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Bubba, turgidus
Paris, lined burrfish - Location: SE Wisconsin
- Contact:
Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!
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LilGreenPuffer
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 5301
- Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:26 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Dwarf puffer - Thumbelina (only mine in my heart now; she lives in CT with my friend)
RIP Inigo Montoya, Fezzik, and Vizinni.
RIP James Bond. - Location (country): United States
- Location: Kentucky
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
Dang, Sushi's in the lead! Heehee, I was torn between a couple...
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
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NEED NITRIFYING BACTERIA FOR YOUR NEW TANK? PM ME!
Found among the papers of Mohatma Gandhi
Come and visit http://www.thetriopsforum.com!
I AM A DUDETTE!
NEED NITRIFYING BACTERIA FOR YOUR NEW TANK? PM ME!
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julianchan
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 709
- Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:25 am
- My Puffers: 1 GSP Elevator.....Lord Vator to everyone else...
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
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kilofey
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 683
- Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:49 am
- My Puffers: **PUFFERS
2 Dwarf puffers, but I had an 11" fahaka that I miss soo much!
**OTHER FISH
betta, black oscallaris clown, orange oscallaris clown, purple firefish, blue spotted goby, coral beauty angelfish
**NON-AQUATIC PETS
Chihuahua, springer spaniel/dachund mix, and a barn cat - Location (country): California
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
yea yea yea sushi wins.... sorry kukah, we tried.... sushi has a gorgeous pic tho.... PS-vote for #6!!!!! 
"everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid"
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
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julianchan
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 709
- Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:25 am
- My Puffers: 1 GSP Elevator.....Lord Vator to everyone else...
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
Sorry, I am partial...I live with sushi too....get to watch her all the time.....
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kilofey
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 683
- Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:49 am
- My Puffers: **PUFFERS
2 Dwarf puffers, but I had an 11" fahaka that I miss soo much!
**OTHER FISH
betta, black oscallaris clown, orange oscallaris clown, purple firefish, blue spotted goby, coral beauty angelfish
**NON-AQUATIC PETS
Chihuahua, springer spaniel/dachund mix, and a barn cat - Location (country): California
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
pffft!!! lol. yea, im byist toward kukah.... although, i had to vote for sushi... the pic looks so artistic.... i feel bad 
i didnt even vote for my own puff lol.
i didnt even vote for my own puff lol."everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid"
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
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bauk
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 180
- Joined: Thu May 21, 2009 6:34 am
- My Puffers: 1 Fahaka - Faya
2 GSP's - Mini & Muppet
1 Samurai - Viva! - Location: Eindhoven Netherlands
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
It doesn't matter... i think every person thinks his own puffer is the cutest.. but stil than, Though is Faya's pic ( here her name is Precious i see.. 
) very beautiful.. but nowhere near as beautiful as those of Sushi i think..
It must be the Photographer i think!
) very beautiful.. but nowhere near as beautiful as those of Sushi i think..It must be the Photographer i think!
Addicted to my monsters!
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julianchan
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 709
- Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:25 am
- My Puffers: 1 GSP Elevator.....Lord Vator to everyone else...
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
I gotta post pictures of Elevator again.....give Sushi a run for her money...hehe
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mrgreen
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 983
- Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:17 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1 dwarf puffer: Squirt
2 figure 8s: Escalator & Elevator - Location (country): United States
- Location: Michigan, USA
- Contact:
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
I think its because the others aren't professional photographers.
"Puffs puff cuz they're puffs cuz they puff cuz they're puffs. - Nathan age 12
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32773
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
I'm not sure that she is a professional photographer but it really doesn't matter. Most folks here vote for the cutest pic, not the best photographed one. I'll be doing that this month. 
BTW, I am also a photographer & have won a few photo contests in my time (top 10 out of thousands), yet have never won a contest here.
BTW, I am also a photographer & have won a few photo contests in my time (top 10 out of thousands), yet have never won a contest here.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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DarkStorm
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 332
- Joined: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:19 pm
- My Puffers: Picasso Trigger,
Burma Trigger,
Golden Heart Trigger,
Clown Trigger,
Rectangular Trigger,
Porcupine Puffer. - Location (country): Canada
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
need a disco theme contest filbert will win hands down PP 
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32773
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
Filbert's gonna get you for that! 
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Dadof4
- Tech Team
- Posts: 2862
- Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:50 am
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: 1 GSP (Microfiche) RIP, 1 Monotrete Turgidus (Leon) in a 30gal. 1 Monotrete suvattii in a 40 gal FW. 120 gallon BW with 3 juvenile Dragon Gobies (so cool). 55 gal with a 2" GSP named Hank. 180 gallon being set up for a Fahaka in the next few months!
- Location (country): United States
- Location: North Wisconsin
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
Looks like it's a run away! Sushi is such a pretty photogenic fish though.
And, my wife is a professional photographer and she has taken some of my POTM entry pics and I have never won or come really close. It's all in the cuteness of the fish.
Julian, we need to make Sushi sleep with the fishes....
And, my wife is a professional photographer and she has taken some of my POTM entry pics and I have never won or come really close. It's all in the cuteness of the fish.
Julian, we need to make Sushi sleep with the fishes....
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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Myaj
- Tech Team
- Posts: 4587
- Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:27 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Bubba, turgidus
Paris, lined burrfish - Location: SE Wisconsin
- Contact:
Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!
Pufferpunk, I think you did win, once.. maybe? LOL
You guys shouldn't complain, Recombinantrider is a contributing member and has been for a long time. Back before we had rules about minimum posts to qualify for an entry, every month the POTM would be filled up by professional fish photographers from other forums that would never contribute here, that probably never even owned a puffer, just had super high quality equipment, talent and just entered here to have another "win" to add to their resume. Your standard fishkeeper couldn't compete with that!
And hey, just take Sushi as a challenge.. get those pictures in focus, and take LOTS OF THEM! Its those photos you didn't intend to take that show up as extra-cute or just breathtaking due to some action of the light on the water, etc. You can't exactly pose a fish!
You guys shouldn't complain, Recombinantrider is a contributing member and has been for a long time. Back before we had rules about minimum posts to qualify for an entry, every month the POTM would be filled up by professional fish photographers from other forums that would never contribute here, that probably never even owned a puffer, just had super high quality equipment, talent and just entered here to have another "win" to add to their resume. Your standard fishkeeper couldn't compete with that!
And hey, just take Sushi as a challenge.. get those pictures in focus, and take LOTS OF THEM! Its those photos you didn't intend to take that show up as extra-cute or just breathtaking due to some action of the light on the water, etc. You can't exactly pose a fish!