Feb 2008 POTM 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 photo do YOU think should be the Feb Puffer of the Month?

Poll ended at Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:19 am

#1 - Milton - Green Spotted Puffer
7
15%
#2 - Shelby - Diodon Holocanthus
9
20%
#3 - Hootey & P-Diddy - Tetraodon nigroviridis
5
11%
#4 - Clean Lovin! - Blue Spotted Thornback Boxfish
1
2%
#5 - 'stars'- Arothron hispidus
5
11%
#6 - PuffPuff - Tetraodon fluviatilis
5
11%
#7 - Kirby - Tetraodon fluviatilis
8
17%
#8 - Waldo - C. travancoricus (male)
1
2%
#9 - baby GSP
4
9%
#10 - Fidji & Palua - C. travancoricus
1
2%
 
Total votes: 46

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Feb 2008 POTM winner announced!!

Post by Myaj »

Thank you to all members who sent in entries for this month! The first 10 entries received are below for your voting pleasure, and entries that did not make it into this month's competition will be forwarded on to the March competition.

Let the voting begin! You may vote for only ONE photo, so pick your favorite!




#1.
Green Spotted Puffer
name: Milton
size:1 1/4"
Milton lives in a 30gallon tank by himself. In the photo, he is eating mussle for the first time! (which he obviously is enjoying quite a bit)
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#2.
- Diodon Holocanthus
- Shelby
- 1 year old
- Around 3.5-4 inches now
- Taken one night while she was in quarantine, luckily the camera was nearby!
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#3.
My GSP Hootey with the late P-Diddy:
- Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
- Names: Hootey and P-Diddy
- Size: 1.5"
- this was shortly after I got them. they were checking out that new Fiddler crab.
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#4.
Picture Title: Clean Lovin!
Species: Lactoria Fornasini
Common name: Blue Spotted Thornback Boxfish
Age: unknown
Size: ~4 inches
Brief Description: Shot in a 150 gallon tank at the Maui Ocean Center. The system that they use they get a full volume water change of filtered ocean water about every 20 minutes. This Lactoria Fornasini lives with the Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse, one Banded Shrimp, and Spotted Boxfish, Crowned Toby, baby Trumpet Fish, Goldring Bristletooth Surgeonfish, and a Raccoon Butterfly Fish. As well as Crust, Colonial Cup, Plate, Rice, and Finger Corals.
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#5.

- Arothron hispidus
- 'stars'
- Age: Juvenile
- Size: 2 cm
- Tiny baby stars and stripes puffer in my marine tank
with a dwarf fuzzy lion.

...He may look small, but when it comes to live krill,
he takes no prisoners!
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#6.

- Species: Tetraodon fluviatilis
- Name of Puffer: PuffPuff
- Age (if known): Around 2 years old?
- Size: 2" without tail
- Brief description: Is that...another piece of mussel???
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#7.

Name: Kirby
Species: Tetraodon fluviatilis
Size: about 1 and 1/2 inches
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#8.

- Species: C. travancoricus (male)
- Name of Puffer: Waldo
- Age: >3 years
- Size: 0.75"
- Brief description - He lives in a 10g all by himself. Some fake plants, some live floating plants and some java moss.
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#9.
He is a baby GSP purchased from wal-mart. only 1 inch long. In this photo his nose is just breaking the surface of the water as he investigates my finger.
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#10.

Puffers: Dwarf puffers - carinotetraodon travancoricus
Front puffer: named Fidji, male, about 6 months old and 7/8 inche long including tail
Puffer in the plant: named Palua, male, about 6 months and 1 1/8 inches long including tail
Picture taken in their 10G tank, shared with a female DP. As you can see it was lunch time! They are both aiming for the same snail (Palua won!).
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by crazedpuffer »

Some very nice shots! Good luck everyone!
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by StormySkiez »

Indeed! It was hard to choose one! I have to admit the puffer doing what they are famous for won my vote. lol, just a little clue...
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by crazedpuffer »

lol thanks Stormy!
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

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No hints allowed! :P
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by StormySkiez »

:wink:
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by Mareva »

I can't see picture #2 and #10, is it just me?
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by SpockthePuffer »

I think its just you, I can see them :)
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by Mareva »

Well, would you look at that... now I can see them too! I guess it was a temporary problem with my computer!
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by Jase »

this competition is tough! I like all the puffers! :lol:

just wondering, does anybody know what the yellow fish is with the boxfish?
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by Myaj »

Looks like a type of wrasse? So that would be the Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (the tank inhabitants are listed)
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

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What happens if theres a tie?
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by Myaj »

Hmmm, we were talking about that.. we'll probably have a tiebreaker just between the tied photos.

BTW, the entries are supposed to be anonomous *ahem*... ;) At least until the voting is over.
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

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LOL, except that the puffers' names are listed, and the owners have the puffer names listed in their profiles, haha!
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Re: Vote for Feb 2008 POTM now!!!

Post by SpockthePuffer »

Agnate wrote:LOL, except that the puffers' names are listed, and the owners have the puffer names listed in their profiles, haha!
lol, yeah I was thinking about that too! We all know mostly everyone here and their puffers names...

That number one sure is a handsome fish ;)
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