The Puffer Forum

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 April competition.

Voting will continue for 10 days, at which time the March POTM winner will be announced. The winner will be entered into our Puffer of the Year competition, so if you didn't submit a photo for this month, get ready and join in a future month!



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



Entry #1: Abei
Name - Isaac




Entry #2: Ceylon
Species - (T. fluviatilis)
Name - 'big puff'
Age - Around 2 years
Size - 5 inches.




Entry #3: Ceylon
Tetraodon fluviatilis
Name - Doneky
Age - >1.5 years
Size - ~2" + Tail
Brief description - 120g, with tank mate another Ceylon, PuffPuff.




Entry #4: Ceylon
Species - Tetraodon Fluviatilis
Name - Pickles
Age - Pretty young, but I don't know the exact age, and he's only about 1 month old to me, so add another 6 months-ish, and we'll say 7 months as a guess.
Size - 1.5 inches (roughly)
Brief description - Pickles is one of the two baby Ceylons in my 55 gallon tank. His inhabitants include Allakazam (the other Ceylon), a Knight Goby, and a Red Clawed Crab. He enjoys begging for food, long strolls on the sandy floor, and staying up late while watching me on the computer. His favourite food also appears to be anything that fits into his mouth, hehe.




Entry #5: Figure 8
Species - Tetraodon Biocellatus
Name of Puffer - Mickey
Age (if known) - unknown
Size - approx 2.5 inches long nose to tail
Brief description - Taken on her second day in my 120L Brackish tank. She has 7 bumblebee gobies and another F8 for company. Her favourite food is pond snails although she's rather partial to the odd fresh cockle. She loves her companion Muldoonican, although he's not so pleased to share his territory with her.




Entry #6: Green Spotted Puffer
Species - GSP
Name - Puffy
Age - Unknown
Size - 2.5''
Brief Description - 10 Gallon tank all his own except for an evasive Ghost Shrimp dinner. Caught during a happy luminescent yellow moment!




Entry #7: Mbu
Species - Tetraodon Mbu
Name of Puffer - Sushi
Age (if known) - Not Known
Size - Approx 12"
Brief description - Home aquarium, No Tankmates





Entry #8: Irrubesco
Name - Pooky
Species - Carinotetraodon Irrubesco
Size - 1.25 Inches
Solitary occupant of my freshwater tank, loves hiding under the java moss covered coconut shell




Entry #9: Toby
Species - Bluespotted Toby, Canthigaster spp.
(No name)
Age - >2 years
Size - 3 inches




Entry #10: Valentini
Species - Valentini Puffer
Name - Wilbur
Size - about 2 inches (including tail)
He has the best begging eyes!

Wow, all of these puffers look great (and I'm not just saying that to make people happy)!

Another tough one... Thanks for all your work on this, Myaj!

They're are all so good!
I really can't decide...

I thought I emailed in a good pic of Shakespeare... Grumble.

Maybe there were 10 pics entered already. It'll probably get in next month, don't worry!

Nick, yes, March was full, but I did get your submission.

Good to know

oooh what a tough competition, great photos guys and girls. I'm gonna need some time before I vote I think

Yea, with that adorable Mbu face, maybe it's better to go for next month so competition will be less steep

The mbu isn't winning.

They are all really gooooood. It was a tough decision!

heck !!

i didn't realise what isaac was up against. the valentini is absolutely tops !!

what a great contest !!

premo

Definitely a difficult choice, I didn't even know puffers that looked like some of these existed(shows how much I know)...I'm kind of a sucker for entry #4's sweet little face but, With such great competition it's anyones game..

Lots of great pictures this month! :'D