POTM September 2010 - Winner Announced

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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

Which puffer pic is your favorite?

Poll ended at Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:28 pm

1
6
13%
2
14
30%
3
6
13%
4
4
9%
5
5
11%
6
2
4%
7
2
4%
8
4
9%
9
2
4%
10
2
4%
 
Total votes: 47

L!$A
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POTM September 2010 - Winner Announced

Post by L!$A »

Hello everyone! It's that time of month again! :)

Some very,very cute pics this month!! (Honestly though, when isn't there cute pics??? haha)

May the best puffer win!
Vote Now! :lol:


#1
- Species: I don't know the species or age of this puffer
- Description: I took the picture at the Maui Aquarium in the last week of June. He/she was about the size of my head, the biggest puffer I have ever seen!
- Size: He/shelooked to be about 12 to 18 inches long. If anyone knows the species, please post so I'll know! I want to know what kind of puffer it is!
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#2
- Name: "Father Fara"
- Species: Tetraodon lineatus
- Age: 6 months
- Size: 18 cm/7 inches
- Brief description: Just spotted a shrimp, getting ready to attack
2.jpg
#3
-Species: T. Lineatus
-Name: Vicious
-Age: approx 5 mo.
-Size: 4 inches, without tail.
- Description: Vicious Cheesin' it up over in the rocks
3.jpg
#4
-Species: Green Spotted Puffer
-Name: Chomper
-Age: 3 years
-Size: 2.75 inches
-Brief Description: Chomper chompin' at a ghost shrimp!
4.jpg
#5
-Species: GSP
-Name: Mookie
-Size: 1.5"
-Smiling for the camera!
5.jpg
#6
-GSP named Rush
-Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
-Age: Approx 2 to 2 1/2 years
-Size: 5 inches
-Description:
-Rush looking for food but little did he know i only had a camera :) he is in full marine
6.jpg
#7
My Dwarf puffer "Lily":
- Species: Carinotetraodon travancoricus
- Age: less than 1 year
- Size: 1 inch
7.jpg
#8
Species- Tetraodon nigroviridis
Name- Toki
Age- > 6 months in my care
Size- 2 1/2 inches
Description- "I believe I can fly"
8.jpg
#9
- Species: Green Spotted Puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis)
- Name of Puffer: George
- Age : Uknown (owned him for 1 week)
- Size: about 1 inch
- Brief description -Photo was taken in my home in Georges 28 gallon tank during his feeding of frozen white shrimp. He has no tankmates and is a new addition to my family!
9.jpg
#10
A. Puffer pictures:
- Species- Fahaka
- Name of Puffer- Bloat
- Age (if known)- 4 months(at the time)
- Size- 4in(at the time)
- Brief description - FEED ME
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Pufferpunk
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Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by Pufferpunk »

#1 is called a Diodon hystrix.
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!"
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jdak
Green Spotted Puffer
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by jdak »

Awesome pic quality # 3 & 7. Are we not cropping pics anymore? I don't remember being able to click on the image for a full view?
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L!$A
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Congo - Baloo
Arrowhead - Yzma

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Milly - Fangs Puffer
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Location: Pitt Meadows, BC

Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by L!$A »

It may have been how I added them to the thread. I was multi-tasking last night (doing too many things, as usual haha) and had some problems with the pictures not coming up properly a few times.
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by Aquarist »

First pic's a Diodon Hystrix. They get very large. My favorite pic in all of these was chomper :D
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jdak
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by jdak »

Anyways, i like it. I prefer however you did it:)
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KorrepZ
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by KorrepZ »

OMG I want photo 2 in full rez (1920x1200) as a wallpaper!! GIEV! :hyper:
Master Yoda the Fahaka and Manny the Mantis Shrimp! - R.I.P R2 & 3PO (F8), Luke (dwarf), Snips (Ceylon) and Obi 1-3 (Valentini)

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sparks42
Figure 8 Puffer
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My Puffers: Green Spotted Puffer named Chomper!
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by sparks42 »

aw thanks :) I thought it was very funny
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hadla
Mbu Puffer
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by hadla »

am i not seeing something in the second pic that everyone else is seeing?
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xrayjeeper83
Mbu Puffer
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Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Its just a neat pic of a fahaka, nothing special just a cool pic of just a fahaka
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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mairdan13
Dwarf Puffer
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Location (country): wales, united kingdom
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by mairdan13 »

one clear winner for my money... Stunning shot, bt we'll wait for the votes to be counted I guess :)
smoke me a kipper, i'll be back for breakfast...
L!$A
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by L!$A »

Andddddddddddddd we have a winner!!

Congrats to Johanskis and his picture of a Fahaka Puffer :)
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Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by Pufferpunk »

Which # is 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!"
L!$A
Former Staff Member
Posts: 1045
Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:30 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Fahaka - Nala
Congo - Baloo
Arrowhead - Yzma

R.I.P
Kaleeko - Mbu Puffer
Milly - Fangs Puffer
Location (country): CANADA
Location: Pitt Meadows, BC

Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by L!$A »

#2
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jmiller
Green Spotted Puffer
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GSP - Emma
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Re: POTM September 2010 - Vote Now!!!!!

Post by jmiller »

2
John
aka MacKenzie, Bailey & TBD's pa-paw
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