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Hello. My name is Alain la Vache.

Beautiful cowfish mate. How big is he?

He's just a baby. Three inches from horn tip to horn tip. He is super friendly and curious.

Fantastic pic! Love the tatt, too.

Agreed! Great shot. I love cowfish also, especially while small.

Big are not as "cowie" anymore, but this one is lovely.

RVS wrote:Big are not as "cowie" anymore, but this one is lovely.

Sorry mate but what do you mean?

Why haven't you entered POTM with this pic? Cowfishes are allowed.
"3. The photo must contain at least one puffer (or puffer related species such as boxfish, cowfish, burrfish, etc). "

Arny wrote:

RVS wrote:Big are not as "cowie" anymore, but this one is lovely.

Sorry mate but what do you mean?

Oh, about the cowie stuff? it is the way we call the calfs or babay cows in my locality (when speaking in english),
So, what i mean was that lactoria cornuta adults are not as cute as the young ones. thats all lol.

Troender wrote:Why haven't you entered POTM with this pic? Cowfishes are allowed.
"3. The photo must contain at least one puffer (or puffer related species such as boxfish, cowfish, burrfish, etc). "

What the heck?

I didn't enter POTM because I didn't know I had to (I don't know what that even means). Sorry for breaking the rules. I probably have been raising puffer since before you were born. I just got a new tank after years of pulling my life back together, and thought I would share om joy.

I thought it was a nice pic to share of a puffer relative.

Bye.

Mol wrote:I didn't enter POTM because I didn't know I had to (I don't know what that even means). Sorry for breaking the rules. I probably have been raising puffer since before you were born. I just got a new tank after years of pulling my life back together, and thought I would share om joy.

I thought it was a nice pic to share of a puffer relative.

Bye.

Troender wasnt having a go at you mate, she ment that the pic was so good it should be in the 'puffer of the month competition.

Yes, no one was having a go. That's a winning shot of an incredible looking fish

You don't have to enter. But it's such an awsome pic that I would like to see it in POTM. A beautiful and fascinating fish! I'm in love with it.

This is the puffer forum, but I thought that the entire family was fair game, as obviously Troender does too. That means that if the fish is in the family you can (but are not required to do so) enter any photo in the POTM (Puffer Of The Month) contest here on the forum. The members will vote for their pick pf the best photo of any member of the fish family.

Adult cowfish are hefty and picky and can poison their own tank if harasses. And those horns on adults are proportionally much smaller than on the small ones. As with many family members, they need space and do offer risks to tankmates and themselves. Their branch of the family can dump their toxin. I don't know if adults tank reared from babies carry toxin. Most puffers lose their toxin in captivity, as the original source is from bacteria not found in tanks.