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[Ludwig Venter]

Thank you once again to everyone who has participated in our FOTM competition so far. It's turning out to be a huge success.

Please now vote for your favorite entry in September 2011 Fish of the Month.

This poll will close at 23:59 GMT on 30 September 2011.

The October 2011 FOTM comp is now open for entries, so if you missed the deadline for the September comp, why not enter in October 2011?

Here are the September entries. Choose with your mind….. not with your heart!... HAPPY VOTING!!!
Blubble37’s fish


KkAaNnEe’s fish


StandbySettings’ fish


Delloy12’s Fish


Tizer’s Fish


Demasonisrule’s fish


Da7thson’s fish


Fishprotector’s fish


WilsonB 978’s fish


Scotty’s fish


Fighterfishh’s Fish


Soph n’ Dave


Miles Hot's Fish


Lilphelpsy's Fish

[james_fish]

2 inparticular stunning fish this month, was a tough decision!

James.

[Soph n' Dave]

Lilphelpsy's fish is a stunner! Eager to vote and view the poll however unfortunately I receive an error message saying I do not have permission to do either of these things. Many apologies if should post this elsewhere (I certainly don't want to hijack the thread!) but if anyone has a quick fix/bit of help it would be thoroughly appreciated. Looking forward to getting to know all of you and your fish through the forum! Dave.

[Tizer]

you may need a higher post count to partake

[Dav]

Vote cast, some very good fish this month

[Miles_hot]

some awesome fish here, what a month to enter!

Is there any advice available on how to make the most of the picture as some of the pictures are fantastic and my picture of Rosy (so named by the children for her tummy) isn't as large etc as the others but I was pushing the 100K limit?

Thanks

Miles

[stu40]

some awesome fish here, what a month to enter!

Is there any advice available on how to make the most of the picture as some of the pictures are fantastic and my picture of Rosy (so named by the children for her tummy) isn't as large etc as the others but I was pushing the 100K limit?

Thanks

Miles

Use imageshack or photobucket then upload (large) photos from there to here.

My link scroll to page 6, post #103

Edited by stu40, 17 September 2011 - 07:37 AM.

[Hmongol]

Nice fish, but I'm a betta softy. Great fish but perhaps it would be more stunning if you had submitted a flaring one. =)
Good luck mate.

[Miles_hot]

some awesome fish here, what a month to enter!

Is there any advice available on how to make the most of the picture as some of the pictures are fantastic and my picture of Rosy (so named by the children for her tummy) isn't as large etc as the others but I was pushing the 100K limit?

Thanks

Miles

Use imageshack or photobucket then upload (large) photos from there to here.

My link scroll to page 6, post #103

OK, I tried this in photobucket with 17" screen selected as the option lets see if this works!
[IMG]http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo94/miles_hot/Fish%20Pics/e0891327.jpg[/img]
Nope - that was using the img code and the insert image button on this site.
Trying with the HTML code stuff:
<a href="http://s365.photobuc...t=e0891327.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i365.photobuc...s/e0891327.jpg" border="0" alt="Sept FOTM test"></a>
Thumbnail?

OK, so thumbnail works but it's not exactly the effect I'm after given it gives a smaller image
let's try just pasting the image code direct..

Yes! That's so odd - if I ignore the image button on the site it works!
Chuffed
Thanks - now all I have to do is remember how to do it!

Edited by Miles_hot, 19 September 2011 - 05:42 AM.

[Gavo]

Voted Miles Hot's, nice looking fish and great focus in the pic

Scotty’s was getting the vote until i scrolled down some more

[Miles_hot]

Thanks Gavo

News Flash - Rosy has had babies Our daughter is ridiculously proud of her . If any one has any suggestions about feeding the fry I'm open to suggestions - see my thread on the New Tank section

Miles

Edited by Miles_hot, 20 September 2011 - 07:01 PM.

[chishnfips]

Loads of good pics there, I could have voted for a few. Is it winner takes all or is there a second and third prize?

[the_lock_man]

I could have voted for any of at least 6 or 7 of this month's entries, but Da7th's gets my vote.

Edited by the_lock_man, 22 September 2011 - 09:19 AM.

[Symo420]

For the love of betta

[N0body Of The Goat]

Chaetostoma milesi ftw! \o/

[-FighterFishh]

Nice fish, but I'm a betta softy. Great fish but perhaps it would be more stunning if you had submitted a flaring one. =)
Good luck mate.

Thank you!
I would have done, but Chai won't flare at anything! He's a very calm boy.

[creg]

Love all the plecs, hard choice

[Gidge]

some awesome fish here, what a month to enter!

Is there any advice available on how to make the most of the picture as some of the pictures are fantastic and my picture of Rosy (so named by the children for her tummy) isn't as large etc as the others but I was pushing the 100K limit?

Thanks

Miles

Hey, could you please tell me what type of fish yours is? He/she is absolutely beautiful.

[Miles_hot]

some awesome fish here, what a month to enter!

Is there any advice available on how to make the most of the picture as some of the pictures are fantastic and my picture of Rosy (so named by the children for her tummy) isn't as large etc as the others but I was pushing the 100K limit?

Thanks

Miles

Hey, could you please tell me what type of fish yours is? He/she is absolutely beautiful.

She is "Rosie" our Krib (Pelvicachromis pulcher) and that was taken a few weeks before she and Big (Bad) Bert got it on and produced some babies.
When they are in their breeding colours (or when Burt is being beaten up) they both have a lovely red belly - in Bert's case he goes from a sort of blush on his jaws to a fairly scarlet colour all along his jaw/belly. She retreated for a time (whilst the eggs were laid and then turned into a queen b*tch and duffed him up something rotten for a day - fins much the worse for it. Shortly after this the bebies were seen! We assume he was being chased out of the area whilst they were hatching.
For the first few days they were both gaurding the babies but now the major part of the work is done by Rosie as she chases Burt into the weeds / hiding behind rocks - though he still gives the tigers a lot of hassle. She's a brilliant Mum and sometimes sucks the babies into her mounth to transport them back to the baby pack!
After about a week she still has some 15-20 babies however she's certainly loosing them bit by bit - maybe to Burt, maybe to the tigers? It will be interesting to see if any make it to tadpole sort of size!
Both Rosie and Burt are great characters and they have totally changed the tank layout creating huge caverns under ever rock, massive valleys in the sand - we've had to adjust every rock so far to make sure that they're safe - not just ensuring that all touch the bottom of the glass but also that they have stability if all the sand is removed from around them!
Thank's for the vote - our daughteris so proud of Rosie that she's dead keen for a win!
Miles

[Ludwig Venter]

At least 2 are neck on neck, with another 2 in close contention!!!.... 2 more days to vote people... Let's make it a clear victory..... either way.... Vote now!!!