Common Hobby Related Abbreviations

[BelieveInBlue]

GBR = german blue ram *really just german ram*
Apisto = any species of apistogramma
EBR = electric blue ram

[jobber604]

BGA - Blue Green Algae
FS - For sale
LF - Looking for
FF - For free
FT - For trade
pH - measurement of acidity and basicility of water (aqueous matter)
GH - General hardness (measure of concentration of minerals in water; specifically calcium and magnesium)
dGH - degrees of general hardness
KH - carbonate hardness; measurement of alkalinity of water
dKH - degress of carbonate hardness

HOT5 - High Output T5 Light (synonymous T5HO)
pleco - plecostomus catfish
aro - arowana
lbw - live blackworm
LED - light emitting diode (type of lighting system)

[Diztrbd1]

TDS = Total Dissolved Solids

a measure of the combined content of all inorganic and organic substances contained in a liquid in: molecular, ionized or micro-granular (colloidal sol) suspended form. Total dissolved solids - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Ursus sapien]

Isnt it Chinese Algae Eater..... kinda like Siamese Algae Eater ?

maybe i'm wrong i dunno lol

very different fish. Chinese algae eaters don't eat a lot of algae except as juveniles, are dangerous with flat bodied or slow moving fish (slime coat eaters), like current and get big - 20+cm big. Chinese algae eaters are one on my pet store peeves - lots of stores sell them when they're little but most don't post warnings about them.