Sept 2008 POTM - Winner announced!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:39 am
Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry in this month's competition! Its going to be a close one!
As always, entries are ALWAYS accepted, so send in your pictures! The earlier, the better!
And on to the chase....
Entry #1:
Monotrete turgidus
Beetlejuice
4"
Lived in a 20g tank alone--does not play well with others!
Entry #2:
Hi my name is Elvis:, I am a Stars and Stripes Puffer.
I am about 15 months old. This morning while my mommy was making coffee, something spooked me, so I puffed up. This picture was taken after I started to deflate. I am about 8" long from nose to tail. I am also the biggest fish in the house which makes me "King". Species: Arothron hispidus
Entry #3:
Species---Canthigaster Solandri
Name---Mr. Solandri
Age---2 years old
Size---4 inches
Description---Keeping cool in the shade.
Entry #4:
- Species Takifugu ocellatus
- Name of Puffer shark bait
- Age ?
- Size 4 inches
Entry #5:
Species: Arothron Manilensis
Name: Wesley
Age: Between 9 months and 1 year (only had him for about 1 month)
Size: ~ 2 inches
Description: Wesley lives in a 75 gallon tank with my 2 Ceylon puffers, loves seaweed and algae (especially hair algae), and is a little cutie!
Entry #6:
Species - Tetraodon nigroviridis
Name of Puffer - Bonzo (in rest mode)
Age - Had him 11 months
Size - approx 3 1/4" inc. tail
Brief description - I'm a sleepy little pishy, all this posing for pictures is hard work, time to take a break and have a little nap zzzZZZ
Entry #7:
- Diodon Holocanthus
- Shelby
- A year, and a halfish
- around 5 inches
- She's clearly a very happy puffer
Entry #8:
Name: Sushi
Species: Takifugu Ocellatus (Fugu puffer)
Age: less than a year old (I think), 4 months in this tank
Length: 4"
I like burrowing in the fine sand and pretend that I'm ambushing someone while I'm in partial disguise. I gotta say I don't like it so much when the prickly hermit crab walks all over me as if I don't exist though. Ugh! I wonder if I'm really that hard to tell apart from the sand, or that he's got horrible eyesight.
Entry #9:
Species: Porcupine Puffer
Name : Spike (I made this up....)
Age: Unknown
Size: 8"
Brief Description: A healthy looking porc at a LFS near my home.
Entry #10:
Playing Ying and Yang!
- Arothron Hispid & Tetraodon Fluviatilis- Stars & Ceylon
- Ages : Stars- been with me for 6 months since he was 2 cm Ceylon- been with me for 1 1/2 years since he was about 2 inches
- Size : Both 3 1/2 inches or so....
- Brief description : Recently upgraded to a 100G (UK) tank, running at 1.020SG.
As always, entries are ALWAYS accepted, so send in your pictures! The earlier, the better!
And on to the chase....
Entry #1:
Monotrete turgidus
Beetlejuice
4"
Lived in a 20g tank alone--does not play well with others!
Entry #2:
Hi my name is Elvis:, I am a Stars and Stripes Puffer.
I am about 15 months old. This morning while my mommy was making coffee, something spooked me, so I puffed up. This picture was taken after I started to deflate. I am about 8" long from nose to tail. I am also the biggest fish in the house which makes me "King". Species: Arothron hispidus
Entry #3:
Species---Canthigaster Solandri
Name---Mr. Solandri
Age---2 years old
Size---4 inches
Description---Keeping cool in the shade.
Entry #4:
- Species Takifugu ocellatus
- Name of Puffer shark bait
- Age ?
- Size 4 inches
Entry #5:
Species: Arothron Manilensis
Name: Wesley
Age: Between 9 months and 1 year (only had him for about 1 month)
Size: ~ 2 inches
Description: Wesley lives in a 75 gallon tank with my 2 Ceylon puffers, loves seaweed and algae (especially hair algae), and is a little cutie!
Entry #6:
Species - Tetraodon nigroviridis
Name of Puffer - Bonzo (in rest mode)
Age - Had him 11 months
Size - approx 3 1/4" inc. tail
Brief description - I'm a sleepy little pishy, all this posing for pictures is hard work, time to take a break and have a little nap zzzZZZ
Entry #7:
- Diodon Holocanthus
- Shelby
- A year, and a halfish
- around 5 inches
- She's clearly a very happy puffer
Entry #8:
Name: Sushi
Species: Takifugu Ocellatus (Fugu puffer)
Age: less than a year old (I think), 4 months in this tank
Length: 4"
I like burrowing in the fine sand and pretend that I'm ambushing someone while I'm in partial disguise. I gotta say I don't like it so much when the prickly hermit crab walks all over me as if I don't exist though. Ugh! I wonder if I'm really that hard to tell apart from the sand, or that he's got horrible eyesight.
Entry #9:
Species: Porcupine Puffer
Name : Spike (I made this up....)
Age: Unknown
Size: 8"
Brief Description: A healthy looking porc at a LFS near my home.
Entry #10:
Playing Ying and Yang!
- Arothron Hispid & Tetraodon Fluviatilis- Stars & Ceylon
- Ages : Stars- been with me for 6 months since he was 2 cm Ceylon- been with me for 1 1/2 years since he was about 2 inches
- Size : Both 3 1/2 inches or so....
- Brief description : Recently upgraded to a 100G (UK) tank, running at 1.020SG.
