* Jan 09 POTM * TSUNAMI LOAD WARNING *

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Let the voting begin! :popcorn:

1. 297972

2. 297969

3. 297964

4. 297970

5. 297966

6. 297968

7. 297965

8. Disqualified

9. 297971

10. 297967

11. 300596

12. 300604

13. 300599

14. 300605

15. 300597

16. 300600

17. 300598

18. 300602

19. 300603

20. 300601

21. 301251

22. 301260

23. 301252

24. 301259

25. 301258

26. 301255

27. 301253

28. 301257

29. 301256

30. 301254

31. 301333

32. 301328

33. 301331

34. 301329

35. 301330

36. 301332

37. 304316

38. 304315

39. 304313

40. 304312

41. 304309

42. 304308

43. 304311

44. 304310

45. 304314

46. 307137

47. 307142

48. 307140

49. 307139

50. 307138

51. 307141

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Thank you to everybody that entered and voted.

Please remember the new additional rules for POTM which will be in effect beginning this Feb.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63259

[r3d]

48 is awesome :D

[Adhlc]

This might be the toughest POTM yet..

[jcardona1]

damn too many pics!! 42 did it for me. it was between 42 and 48

[Gr8KarmaSF]

42 vs 50

Battle of the Dats!!!

[jcardona1]

yeah 50 is nice too but it just has too much color tweaking for my tastes

[kafiltafiisch]

10 12 2 and 48 oooooo so hard to pick.... XD

[Tongue33]

Pimpin!! Vote Vote vote!!

[urbaninja]

they all look great hard to choose, i thought that there were no longer going to be pictures like pic# 3 in POTM anymore? ( no offense to the owner) sad to see my pic not in . still a great POTM contest.

[HerCrenVie]

I can't believe nobody else has voted for #43.

[---XR---]

my shot didn't make the cut?

[bigcol]

voted, this ones even harder than totm, good luck to all the entries there is some amazing pics there :thumbsup:

[RedDevilDon2005]

bump

[bigcol]

bump

What does bump mean? i see it on loadsa threads, just thought id noob out and ask lol

[WMDunkin]

wow I should if picked another month to submit :nilly:

[haynchinook334]

Man that was hard.

[freshwaterfishing]

Wow there are some great pictures! Also some poor ones but next month will be cool to see with the new rules in place. :)

[Gr8KarmaSF]

they all look great hard to choose, i thought that there were no longer going to be pictures like pic# 3 in POTM anymore? ( no offense to the owner) sad to see my pic not in . still a great POTM contest.

Read my first post...

my shot didn't make the cut?

Didnt cut any pic YET. Just never received it properly...

What does bump mean? i see it on loadsa threads, just thought id noob out and ask lol


Bring
Up
My
Post

Its a way for people to pop the thread up to the top of the forum given that many people use the "new post" feature.

[joworth]

:nilly:theres too many

everyone is forgetting about the ones at the top and middle by the time they make it down the list. I wish i would have submitted mine next month! Can we only use a picture once then?

[WMDunkin]

well by the look of it 48 will be the winner.... i know its still early but still.

[---XR---]

Didnt cut any pic YET. Just never received it properly...


I sent it to the listed email in december for this contest, did it not go through, or was the pic not correctly attached?

[---XR---]

If i remember correctly i Pm'ed you asking if you got the pic succesfully through email, and you declined to reply back.

I'm not so much complaining it isn't here, just that your system needs some tweaking, such as confirmation of arrival.

[jcardona1]

The arrowana looks great.
CORRECT MY SPELLING OR ELSE.:(
dude wtf is wrong with you? you say this on EVERY post you make :screwy:

[Jamieishard]

im torn between 29 and 48...all the pics are really awesome too some realy awesome fish pictured.im still deciding lol its sooo hard.

[le patron]

dude wtf is wrong with you? you say this on EVERY post you make :screwy:
:ROFL:i noticed that too. i guess its his attempt at humor?:screwy: your guess is as good as mine

[FSM]

The arrowana looks great.
CORRECT MY SPELLING OR ELSE.:(

so you want us to correct your spelling? Arowana has just 1 r

[jcardona1]

so you want us to correct your spelling? Arowana has just 1 r
check his other posts. this guy has some type of social disorder :screwy:

:ROFL:

[Jamieishard]

check his other posts. this guy has some type of social disorder :screwy:

:ROFL:
i think he just doesn't speak english very well....:confused:

[RedDevilDon2005]

remember..................its about the Picture....................not the specimen.......

[sour_girl]

How am I supposed to choose just ONE?? There are sooo many awesome pics there... wow its gonna be hard!

[snyder810]

i feel it's about the picture and the specimen both. that's just my opinion though

[JK47]

Pic quality an species is important IMO... I always tend to lean more towards the species more rare than the one seen over and over again.

[esse]

:eek:That is one big A$$ ugly bug that Aro is eating. I guess I will vote for it… The fish not the bug…:screwy:Orrrr The picture not the fish.:confused: Anyway 14 got my vote.

[joworth]

its not even clear or in focus :confused:

[Gr8KarmaSF]

:eek:That is one big A$$ ugly bug that Aro is eating. I guess I will vote for it… The fish not the bug…:screwy:Orrrr The picture not the fish.:confused: Anyway 14 got my vote.

roach i think...

[RedDevilDon2005]

Pic quality an species is important IMO... I always tend to lean more towards the species more rare than the one seen over and over again.


not trying to start anything, but if that were true and everyone thought that way, id be winning :ROFL:

[Chaitika]

not trying to start anything, but if that were true and everyone thought that way, id be winning :ROFL:

true dat.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

ttt

[justintrask]

what fish is #38?

[mercury904]

wheres my entry? waaaah!!!

[Tongue33]

HHHmmm/.// VOTE!!!

[Pyramid_Party]

Probably the toughest POTM I had to vote in. So many good choices. I was looking for something different and something that looked more natural. I went with number 26!

But it seems these contests are a bit bias. Ive noticed that Aros, Pbass, Dats, Rays etc get the popular vote all the time.

[Chaitika]

Probably the toughest POTM I had to vote in. So many good choices. I was looking for something different and something that looked more natural. I went with number 26!

But it seems these contests are a bit bias. Ive noticed that Aros, Pbass, Dats, Rays etc get the popular vote all the time.

It's the voters who vote that way. It's not the contest that is bias. :)

[Gr8KarmaSF]

ttt

[blatch]

i voted for 46 as i thought it was awesome

[RedDevilDon2005]

It's the voters who vote that way. It's not the contest that is bias. :)


true. VOTE PEOPLE

[Monsterpleco]

Clown loach has my vote :D #27 ftw

[Colubrids&Boids]

rock the vote

[Gr8KarmaSF]

ttt

[Gr8KarmaSF]

bmup

[Gr8KarmaSF]

VOTE!!!!

[Chaitika]

bmup

bmup = beam me up? ;)

[Gr8KarmaSF]

bmup = beam me up? ;)

:ROFL:

[Chaitika]

bmup :)

[Gr8KarmaSF]

LOL

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ttt

[halfmoon_bay]

48 did it for me...

[Gr8KarmaSF]

VOTE OR DIE!!!

[Diogenes]

man 46-48 are bad ass!

[RedDevilDon2005]

no..................................

[romosoldier]

wow, those are some awesome pictures, i really like # 30 and 48!

[Gr8KarmaSF]

VOTE!!!

[Mystus Redtail]

this hurts, I should have waited until next month to enter, way way too much competition.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

ttt

[dr_sudz]

so many to choose from!!

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

Wow, I thought I had a good shot, but some of these pictures are amazing! Great work people...I shoulda waited a month or two more lol :D

[Gr8KarmaSF]

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[jcardona1]

man 48 is murdering them!! and there's so many good pics too. good thing i didnt enter lol

[Diogenes]

hey what the hell is that thing in number 12?

[NSRsinfuLangeL]

48 really does stand out agains the rest, but i had to vote for 16, because that fish reminds me of a shy little guy that used to live in my friends tank.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

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[BigTim15]

wow thisi s hard

[noonein2]

That pictures you got are awesome

[Gr8KarmaSF]

VOTE!!!

[The Rat]

What is the fish in 48 called ?

thx
Rat

[Gr8KarmaSF]

bump!

[Gr8KarmaSF]

ttt

[FSM]

it was tough til I got to 48. That pictures is absolutely hilarious. :ROFL:

It looks like an angry old man.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

ttt

[AddictedToMbus]

can i submit still or gotta wait for the next poll?

[skateatburners]

sorry ... i just cant do it... there all so wicked...i cant choose just 1 lol

[Gr8KarmaSF]

ttt

[Bartek]

Did any one like 32 because I loved it but I don't know why......................... :P

[The Rat]

What is the fish in 48 called ?

thx
Rat


Anybody Know ?

Rat

[skateatburners]

rhom?

[Diogenes]

rhom?

48 is some manner of catfish. 47 appears like it could be a rhom, but because you can't see the orange fins you can't tell that it is in fact an S. marginatus.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

bump

[nickie_nicole_ws6]

Who owns 30? BEAUTIFUL! I picked 46 because he looks like he's accessing the situation, like he is looking for his escape route or something It's very creative,

But pics. 7,10,12,13,17,29,30,48 all look like they captured their fishes personalities or something they show character more then just a picture.....

13, 30, were my favs...... who is the owner of 30?

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

Anybody Know ?

Rat



Its some type of toad fish, Not sure what one, but its not a catfish and it is can be brackish.

BATRACHOIDIDAE SP??


-EDIT- After looking around I figured it out. Its a Freshwater Stonefish or Freshwater Lion Fish, they go by both.

Its Batrachus trispinosus

A brackish water fish from northwest aus, that grows 12". All of the toadfish cousins are venomous to some extent. We do not recommend the finger test to find out just how venomous these rascals are. Experience is the best teacher, but it’s also the most painful and sometimes the most expensive. Let’s just say you’d best not touch your stonefish (and net him carefully). Freshwater stonefish or whatever they call them in your neck of the woods come from tropical areas where rivers flow into the ocean (estuaries). This means they live in brackish water. When the tide goes out, they live in freshwater. When the tide comes in, they live in river water mixed with ocean water (brackish water). They are flexible little beasts.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

DONE!