March POTM - Winner announced!!!
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:34 am
Welcome everyone to the March 2009 Puffer of the Month photo contest!
Vote on your favorite puffer photo, the winner will automatically be entered into the Puffer of the Year competition for a chance at winning a gift certificate to The Puffer Store.
Be sure to click on each photo, as they open up to a larger version in most cases. Voting runs for 10 days, you may only vote once, and you may not change your vote, so vote wisely
Good luck to all and don't forget to enter April's POTM, there are still a few spots left!
Entry #1
Elvis (Stars & Stripes)
age approx. 2 years old
size: 10"-11"
This is my pity look. Do you feel sorry for me? You should! I'm showing my pity look. You see my big sad eyes?
I want a mussel. Will you please give me a mussel? Entry #2
species- Arothron meleagris (guinea fowl puffer)
name- Da Big One
age- unknown
size- 13 inches
brief description- this guy was HUGE and just swimming lazy around in the ocean at only 15 ft deep. Entry #3
Species: Canthigaster valentini
Name of Puffer: Gizmo
Age: unknown
Size: 1.5 inches
Brief description - He is our latest puffer. Lives in my fiancee's 20 gallon. Looks like a golf ball puffed hehe. Entry #4
Species: Tetraodon Nigroviridis & Canthigaster Papua (with a Centropyge Flavipectoralis)
Name of Puffer: Bonzo & Jimbo (& Loki)
Age (if known): Had Bonzo nearly a year and a half now, and Jimbo about 6 months
Size: Bonzo is about 4.25" to 4.5" and Jimbo is bout 3"
Brief description: Oi... you... Mr. big thing out there, if you want some of this muscle you'll have to hurry, this fat green thing behind me is a bit of a piggy... Entry #5
Arothron hispidus - Stars.
- 1 year with me
- 6 inches
- the ever shy, ever humble, darling puffer that is stars. The most gentle fish in my tank...who is so shy, it's taken me a year to get her hand feeding, and the clown fish scare she so much she puffs at them! But i do love her, she is indeed, my star. Entry #6
species:porcupine
puffername:hedgie
age:pretty young
size:6inches
I found him at my lfs Entry #7
My Red Eye Red Tail Puffer
- Species - C. Irribesco
- Name of Puffer - Slugsy
- Age (if known) - Unsure...Ive had him for 2 months
- Size - Approx 4cm (1.5 inches)
- Brief description - Photographed exploring his new tank
Entry #8
Species: Tetraodon Nigroviridis (GSP)
Name: Puffy
Age: About 2 years or so
Size: About 3"
Puffy with his infamous "bubble beard"! Entry #9
My GSPs puffer "Hootey" and "P-Diddy":
- Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
- Age: less than 1 year
- Size: ~1 inch
Description: P-Diddy (RIP) and Hootey investigating their new fiddler crab friend when I first got them. The crab lived to see another day
Entry #10
This is my Figure eight puffer "Bruiser"
Species:Tetraodon biocellatus
Age:Not sure I've had him for six months
Size: ~3" I think he's full grown.
This picture was taken in my newly set up 75 gallon tank. He is one curious little fish. He likes dodging obstacles, searching for food and posing for pictures. Bruiser looks tough hence the name, which my girlfriend came up with.
Vote on your favorite puffer photo, the winner will automatically be entered into the Puffer of the Year competition for a chance at winning a gift certificate to The Puffer Store.
Be sure to click on each photo, as they open up to a larger version in most cases. Voting runs for 10 days, you may only vote once, and you may not change your vote, so vote wisely
Good luck to all and don't forget to enter April's POTM, there are still a few spots left!Entry #1
Elvis (Stars & Stripes)
age approx. 2 years old
size: 10"-11"
This is my pity look. Do you feel sorry for me? You should! I'm showing my pity look. You see my big sad eyes?
I want a mussel. Will you please give me a mussel? Entry #2
species- Arothron meleagris (guinea fowl puffer)
name- Da Big One
age- unknown
size- 13 inches
brief description- this guy was HUGE and just swimming lazy around in the ocean at only 15 ft deep. Entry #3
Species: Canthigaster valentini
Name of Puffer: Gizmo
Age: unknown
Size: 1.5 inches
Brief description - He is our latest puffer. Lives in my fiancee's 20 gallon. Looks like a golf ball puffed hehe. Entry #4
Species: Tetraodon Nigroviridis & Canthigaster Papua (with a Centropyge Flavipectoralis)
Name of Puffer: Bonzo & Jimbo (& Loki)
Age (if known): Had Bonzo nearly a year and a half now, and Jimbo about 6 months
Size: Bonzo is about 4.25" to 4.5" and Jimbo is bout 3"
Brief description: Oi... you... Mr. big thing out there, if you want some of this muscle you'll have to hurry, this fat green thing behind me is a bit of a piggy... Entry #5
Arothron hispidus - Stars.
- 1 year with me
- 6 inches
- the ever shy, ever humble, darling puffer that is stars. The most gentle fish in my tank...who is so shy, it's taken me a year to get her hand feeding, and the clown fish scare she so much she puffs at them! But i do love her, she is indeed, my star. Entry #6
species:porcupine
puffername:hedgie
age:pretty young
size:6inches
I found him at my lfs Entry #7
My Red Eye Red Tail Puffer
- Species - C. Irribesco
- Name of Puffer - Slugsy
- Age (if known) - Unsure...Ive had him for 2 months
- Size - Approx 4cm (1.5 inches)
- Brief description - Photographed exploring his new tank
Entry #8Species: Tetraodon Nigroviridis (GSP)
Name: Puffy
Age: About 2 years or so
Size: About 3"
Puffy with his infamous "bubble beard"! Entry #9
My GSPs puffer "Hootey" and "P-Diddy":
- Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
- Age: less than 1 year
- Size: ~1 inch
Description: P-Diddy (RIP) and Hootey investigating their new fiddler crab friend when I first got them. The crab lived to see another day
Entry #10This is my Figure eight puffer "Bruiser"
Species:Tetraodon biocellatus
Age:Not sure I've had him for six months
Size: ~3" I think he's full grown.
This picture was taken in my newly set up 75 gallon tank. He is one curious little fish. He likes dodging obstacles, searching for food and posing for pictures. Bruiser looks tough hence the name, which my girlfriend came up with.
