POTM October 2012 - vote now!

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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

Vote for the POTM

Poll ended at Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:15 pm

1.
1
5%
2.
3
14%
3.
0
No votes
4.
4
19%
5.
13
62%
 
Total votes: 21

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Troender
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POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by Troender »

Here are this month's entries. Vote for the Puffer of the Month!

1.
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Species: South American Puffer
Name: No name yet
Age: unknown
Description: Hanging out at the front of the tank eying up a bag of snails with anticipation.

2.
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Species - F8 - Tetraodon Biocellatus
Name of Puffer - Undecided (possibly Coraline, idk yet)
Age - Unkown
Size - 2 inches
Brief description - Playing with a friend; aka your own reflection =D

3.
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Species - Cowfish..I think..
Name of Puffer - Hellboy
Age (if known) NA
Size 1.5in
Brief description - Snapped off my LFS.. Not sure of the species. The cap thingy on the horn caught my eye.. Do they always sell them like that??

4.
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Species: Fahaka puffer
Age : unknown
Size: 6 inches
Description: "Murderface"

5.
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Species: Figure Eight
Name: Patch
Age: Unknown age
Size: 2"
Description: Patch being inquisitive towards the camera.
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Tim
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by Tim »

:mwave:

Go Patch :lol:
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defool89
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by defool89 »

If that cow fish pic had better quality It be a great contender...i have no clue whats going on with that but i love it
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Tim
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defool89 wrote:If that cow fish pic had better quality It be a great contender...i have no clue whats going on with that but i love it
I believe the plugs are there to prevent damage to the horns of the cowfish during transport.
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by defool89 »

I would shape them into devil horns
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by defool89 »

Whats in the mouth then???
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

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defool89 wrote:Whats in the mouth then???
That is it's mouth? :lol:
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by defool89 »

"DOH!!" - Homer Simpson
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G S P Freak
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by G S P Freak »

Nice f8 Tim =P, definitely born to be a puffer model XD. I knew right away he'd win! I wish I had a better camera, the quality of my pic sucks, and unfortunately that hinders the beauty... very sad, since my puffer is so darn beautiful =D.
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

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G S P Freak wrote:Nice f8 Tim =P, definitely born to be a puffer model XD. I knew right away he'd win! I wish I had a better camera, the quality of my pic sucks, and unfortunately that hinders the beauty... very sad, since my puffer is so darn beautiful =D.
I wish I had a better camera too, the one I have is very old (10 years now, 3 megapixels :lol:), but it has unbeatable macro features, sharp upto 1cm from object and a shutter time upto 10000th of a second. It's especially useful with those puffers that never want to keep still :lol:
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by defool89 »

Yea your puffer is pretty too but the pic quality is grainy.. the fact hes his own best friend is great to capture....i think all those votes are actually for the fahaka tho.. someone fix that bug lololo
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by scpion »

Tim wrote:
defool89 wrote:Whats in the mouth then???
That is it's mouth? :lol:
LOL! I. took the shot of the cowfish out of curiosity.. Never knew they transport them like that... That wasn'the most friendly LFS around.. I had to take the shot sneakily.. Lol
I am not a Troll, I am just pissed..!
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

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scpion wrote:
Tim wrote:
defool89 wrote:Whats in the mouth then???
That is it's mouth? :lol:
LOL! I. took the shot of the cowfish out of curiosity.. Never knew they transport them like that... That wasn'the most friendly LFS around.. I had to take the shot sneakily.. Lol
Cowfish, iirc, *can* release a toxin in the water when stressed or injured (and when they kick the bucket). Imagine it doing that at the LFS where most systems share the same sump.

Chance of this actually happening are probably very rare.


If the new tankis large enough I might opt to get one. Still trying to figure out what size will work the best with the space available
Last edited by Tim on Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by defool89 »

I would hate to be a the owner of a fs and have a disgruntled employee and cowfish at hand.. first you get the knowledge, then you get the cowfish and then you have the power.
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Re: POTM October 2012 - vote now!

Post by Master of Puffers »

Tim wrote:
G S P Freak wrote:Nice f8 Tim =P, definitely born to be a puffer model XD. I knew right away he'd win! I wish I had a better camera, the quality of my pic sucks, and unfortunately that hinders the beauty... very sad, since my puffer is so darn beautiful =D.
I wish I had a better camera too, the one I have is very old (10 years now, 3 megapixels :lol:), but it has unbeatable macro features, sharp upto 1cm from object and a shutter time upto 10000th of a second. It's especially useful with those puffers that never want to keep still :lol:
I just wish I could take a picture of anything that didn't turn out a blur. No matter how sophisicated a camera I can still miss the perfect shot.
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