[Ebonbolt]

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

 

[jobber]

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.

 

[Diztrbd1]

Thought I'd bump this up and add another one lol

MTS= multiple tank syndrome

 

[jobber]

any new ones not updated


BYOB - bring your own bag/bucket

 

[Pamela]

Just updated the list with Claudia's suggestions.

I also added all of abbreviations/terms from the last two pages of this thread so the list is now up to date.

 

[AccidentalAquarist]

Maybe it's just me or they're a bit too obvious but shouldn't FW and BW (brackish water) be on the list?

 

[effox]

Maybe it's just me or they're a bit too obvious but shouldn't FW and BW (brackish water) be on the list?

Hasn't been updated in a while, and I don't recall ever doing it myself, so I'll update the original post. ;D

 

[sousvide]

What does CLA mean? In context, someone was asking about CO2 tanks and having them hydro tested.

 

[Purple Platapus]

Cyano~cyanobacteria, or red slime "algae"
Fuge~Refugium
Gfo~Granular ferrous oxide
Skimmer~protein skimmer

Here are a few I can think of on the top of my head