The Puffer Forum

Welcome to the August 2009 Puffer of the Month photo contest, better late than never!

Voting will be open for 10 days, and you may only vote once, so vote wisely. After 10 days, the winner will be announced (or a tie breaker held), with the winner being entered into the Puffer of the Year competition.

Remember, click on the thumbnails to view each photo full sized. Happy voting and good luck to all who entered!



Entry #1
My GSP "Puffy" admiring his reflection!
Species: T. Nigroviridis
Age: 10 years
Size: 3"
Entry #2
Species : Green Spotted Puffer
Name: Pinecone
Age: ? (Bought at 7-23-09)
Size: 1.5 inches
Brief Description: Pinecone loves to play with the bubbles. He is currently housed in a 20 gallon tank.
Entry #3
name Lucy
species Fahaka
age less than 1 year
size 6-7 inches
picture taken at home in her tank
tank mates convict cichlid fry and ramshorn snails
Entry #4
Species: Arothron nigropunctatus (dog-faced puffer)
Name of Puffer: Q-tip
Age (if known): unknown
Size: 8"
Brief description - Q-tip is a lazy puffer at my LFS. He likes to take afternoon naps by the cave, but once in a while he would come out and greet me!
Entry #5
Species - Tetraodon Mbu
Name of Puffer - Mooboo
Age (if known) - 3 years
Size - 11" (including tail)
Brief description - Mooboo last Christmas in the new tank!
Entry #6
species: fahaka
size: about 3"
age: less than 1yr
This about a month after i got him when he was in his starter 55gal.
Name: after two years i still have no name. Any ideas?
Entry #7
Wild Puffer
I don't know how big it was but it looked like it was a couple of feet
The picture was taken during a dive in the Red Sea
Entry #8
- Species - Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Dwarf Puffer)
- Name of Puffer - Skoot
- Age (if known) - I've had him since January he's about 7 months
- Size - 1 1/2 inch
- Brief description -This picture of Skoot was taken in my 29 Gallon Jewel tank
Entry #9
My Proc Puff "Bright Eyes"
- Species: Diodon holocanthus
- Age: not 100% sure, ive had him for 2 weeks though
- Size: 4 inches
Entry #10
- Species: Arothron reticularis
- Name of Puffer: Stripes
- Age (if known): About 2 years
- Size: About 5-6"
- Brief description - Lives In my home aquarium with a Picasso Trigger and a Goby

We've got a lot of great entries this month - I was torn!

I can't decide!!!!!

Genuine question: are the dog-face's teeth a bit long? (I'd be tempted to name it 'Bugs' if I got it LOL)

I don't know and haven't seen many pics that show overgrown teeth so want to know what to look out for.

I think they are a little long, but I also think the puffer has pulled its lips back in that picture, making them look longer.

There's some photos of puffers with overgrown teeth in the dentistry article in the library.

I have a name suggestion for entry 6 - Dave. I always wanted a fish called Dave!

9 is such a beutiful fish
i have to go get one... eventually lol

re: #6, when in doubt, always go with Bob.

Its so hard to choose!

mrgreen wrote:re: #6, when in doubt, always go with Bob.

Bob IS a good name. But Dave is better! Maybe we should all vote on this too!

redspotowner wrote:Genuine question: are the dog-face's teeth a bit long? (I'd be tempted to name it 'Bugs' if I got it LOL)

I don't know and haven't seen many pics that show overgrown teeth so want to know what to look out for.

Yeah I think the dog-face's teeth are definitely due for a trim!

Dog face needs a dentist appointment .

There are a lot of fat puffers in this months entry.

Okay... next time I enter the POTM can everyone else PLEASE not enter such great pictures? I mean, how're the rest of us supposed to compete with some of these??? It's just not fair!

AND it's making my puffer wish-list get longer and longer and longer - I think I'm going to have to win the lottery to be able to get and house all the fish I want now LOL

Good luck to everyone!

redspot, I think that's ALL of us here at TPF! Wouldn't that be great? Your dream house with a puffer tank along the hallway every so often? Who knows! As I type, my F8s are hanging around the front of the tank because I have a teacup sitting on the desk in front of their tank. They know their dinner is in there!

BUBBLES!!! MY BUBBLES!!!

Congratulations to MuseListener who is our new POTM winner for August! Muse will be entered into the POTY competition to compete for a final, year end prize.
Thank you to all who submitted photos, and lets get crackin on next month's entries!