Hello. My name is Alain la Vache.
Alain la Vache
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Every month The Puffer Forum holds a photo contest featuring the puffers, burrfish, boxfish, tobies and other puffer family members photographed by members of this site. At the end of the year, the monthly winners will be entered into a Puffer of the Year contest! The POTY winner not only gets supreme bragging rights but also wins a $25 gift certificate to The Puffer Store.
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Mol
- Puffer Fry
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- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Long Horned Cowfish
Blue Spot Puffer
Baby Porcupine Puffer
2 Colombian Shark Catfish - Location (country): US
- Location: Okemos, MI
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Alain la Vache
Hello. My name is Alain la Vache.
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Arny
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 1081
- Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:33 pm
- Location (country): uk
- Location: London
Re: Alain la Vache
Beautiful cowfish mate. How big is he?
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Mol
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:53 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Long Horned Cowfish
Blue Spot Puffer
Baby Porcupine Puffer
2 Colombian Shark Catfish - Location (country): US
- Location: Okemos, MI
- Contact:
Re: Alain la Vache
He's just a baby. Three inches from horn tip to horn tip. He is super friendly and curious.
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
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- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
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Re: Alain la Vache
Fantastic pic! Love the tatt, too.
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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RTR
- Mentor
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- Location (country): East Coast, USA
Re: Alain la Vache
Agreed! Great shot. I love cowfish also, especially while small.
Where's the fish? - Neptune
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RVS
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 374
- Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:36 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Currently:
2 T. Nigroviridis
20 C. Travancoricus.
Also Kept:
M. Abei
Other BF:
A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: Alain la Vache
Big are not as "cowie" anymore, but this one is lovely.
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
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Arny
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 1081
- Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:33 pm
- Location (country): uk
- Location: London
Re: Alain la Vache
Sorry mate but what do you mean?RVS wrote:Big are not as "cowie" anymore, but this one is lovely.
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Troender
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 1843
- Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:04 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1x GSP (Bolla), 1x m. something. Bought as a leiurus, maybe a turgidus (Tiger), 1x c. irrubesco (Tott(a) aka Houdini) 1x c. salivator (Jack the Ripper), 1x m. cochinchinensis (Hufflepuff - R.I.P.), 2x c. lorteti (Tommy and Tigern = Calvin and Hubbes), 1x m. suvatti (Koseklumpen), 1x m. palembangensis (Dragonfly), 2x t. biocellatus (Koken and Fiken).
- Location: Askim, Norway
Re: Alain la Vache
Why haven't you entered POTM with this pic? Cowfishes are allowed.
"3. The photo must contain at least one puffer (or puffer related species such as boxfish, cowfish, burrfish, etc). "
"3. The photo must contain at least one puffer (or puffer related species such as boxfish, cowfish, burrfish, etc). "
Inger Anne
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Just think how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! -George Carlin
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Just think how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! -George Carlin
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RVS
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 374
- Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:36 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Currently:
2 T. Nigroviridis
20 C. Travancoricus.
Also Kept:
M. Abei
Other BF:
A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: Alain la Vache
Oh, about the cowie stuff? it is the way we call the calfs or babay cows in my locality (when speaking in english),Arny wrote:Sorry mate but what do you mean?RVS wrote:Big are not as "cowie" anymore, but this one is lovely.
So, what i mean was that lactoria cornuta adults are not as cute as the young ones. thats all lol.
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
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Mol
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:53 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Long Horned Cowfish
Blue Spot Puffer
Baby Porcupine Puffer
2 Colombian Shark Catfish - Location (country): US
- Location: Okemos, MI
- Contact:
Re: Alain la Vache
What the heck?Troender wrote:Why haven't you entered POTM with this pic? Cowfishes are allowed.
"3. The photo must contain at least one puffer (or puffer related species such as boxfish, cowfish, burrfish, etc). "
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Mol
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:53 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Long Horned Cowfish
Blue Spot Puffer
Baby Porcupine Puffer
2 Colombian Shark Catfish - Location (country): US
- Location: Okemos, MI
- Contact:
Re: Alain la Vache
I didn't enter POTM because I didn't know I had to (I don't know what that even means). Sorry for breaking the rules. I probably have been raising puffer since before you were born. I just got a new tank after years of pulling my life back together, and thought I would share om joy.
I thought it was a nice pic to share of a puffer relative.
Bye.
I thought it was a nice pic to share of a puffer relative.
Bye.
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Arny
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 1081
- Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:33 pm
- Location (country): uk
- Location: London
Re: Alain la Vache
Troender wasnt having a go at you mate, she ment that the pic was so good it should be in the 'puffer of the month competition.Mol wrote:I didn't enter POTM because I didn't know I had to (I don't know what that even means). Sorry for breaking the rules. I probably have been raising puffer since before you were born. I just got a new tank after years of pulling my life back together, and thought I would share om joy.
I thought it was a nice pic to share of a puffer relative.
Bye.
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bertie 83
- Moderator
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- My Puffers: lineatus R.I.P, South American puffer. Valentini puffer, porcupine puffer.
Non puffer
Danios, Tetras, Redtail Rasporas,
Harlequins, CAE's, Yoyo
Loaches, Clown loaches ,Eels, various shrimp, tangs,wrasses, damsels, chromis - Location (country): Brighton, England
- Location: brighton , england
Re: Alain la Vache
Yes, no one was having a go. That's a winning shot of an incredible looking fish
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Troender
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 1843
- Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:04 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1x GSP (Bolla), 1x m. something. Bought as a leiurus, maybe a turgidus (Tiger), 1x c. irrubesco (Tott(a) aka Houdini) 1x c. salivator (Jack the Ripper), 1x m. cochinchinensis (Hufflepuff - R.I.P.), 2x c. lorteti (Tommy and Tigern = Calvin and Hubbes), 1x m. suvatti (Koseklumpen), 1x m. palembangensis (Dragonfly), 2x t. biocellatus (Koken and Fiken).
- Location: Askim, Norway
Re: Alain la Vache
You don't have to enter. But it's such an awsome pic that I would like to see it in POTM. A beautiful and fascinating fish! I'm in love with it. 
Inger Anne
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Just think how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! -George Carlin
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Just think how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! -George Carlin
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RTR
- Mentor
- Posts: 6155
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 4:39 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location (country): East Coast, USA
Re: Alain la Vache
This is the puffer forum, but I thought that the entire family was fair game, as obviously Troender does too. That means that if the fish is in the family you can (but are not required to do so) enter any photo in the POTM (Puffer Of The Month) contest here on the forum. The members will vote for their pick pf the best photo of any member of the fish family.
Adult cowfish are hefty and picky and can poison their own tank if harasses. And those horns on adults are proportionally much smaller than on the small ones. As with many family members, they need space and do offer risks to tankmates and themselves. Their branch of the family can dump their toxin. I don't know if adults tank reared from babies carry toxin. Most puffers lose their toxin in captivity, as the original source is from bacteria not found in tanks.
Adult cowfish are hefty and picky and can poison their own tank if harasses. And those horns on adults are proportionally much smaller than on the small ones. As with many family members, they need space and do offer risks to tankmates and themselves. Their branch of the family can dump their toxin. I don't know if adults tank reared from babies carry toxin. Most puffers lose their toxin in captivity, as the original source is from bacteria not found in tanks.
Where's the fish? - Neptune