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Re: Common fishkeeping abbreviations
LPS corals-large polpyed stony corals
SPS corals-small polyped stony corals zoas-Zoanthids palys-Palythoa CAE-Chinese Algae Eater SAE-Siamese Algae Eater
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thanks very very much for this, this will be very useful for me
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Re: Common fishkeeping abbreviations
What is FTS?
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Matthew 30G AquaClear50: Lightly planted, platies, ottos, kuhli loaches. 10G Sponge filter: Heavily planted, ottos, red cherry shrimp |
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Thanks for this... im new to fish keeping and reading posts not knowing its meaning is hard lol... now it get it... thanks a lot
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Re: Common fishkeeping abbreviations
Ahhh nice...
AC also means AquaClear :/
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Re: Common fishkeeping abbreviations
FC- fishless cycle
FIC-fish-in cycle Semi-ag- semi-aggressive SA- south american T5, T8- types of lighting for plants canister- type of filter AC- activated carbon BF(M)-biofiltration (media) CFM- chemical filtration media FM- filtration media LPF- liquid plant food fert- fertilizer "stacked"- the reference of money we all would have if we had less obsessive hobby.
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Re: Common fishkeeping abbreviations
GFO- Granular Ferric Oxide
GAC- Granular Activated Carbon Last edited by Reefing Madness : 08-22-2012 at 09:47 AM. |
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Re: Common fishkeeping abbreviations
Thank you for sharing these abbreviations.
really nice post ... Here some more abbreviations. LFS- Local fish shop Amm- Ammonia NO2- NitrIte NO3- NitrAte CO2- Carbon dioxide pH- Potential of hydrogen. A scale to measure the acidity/alkalinity of water GH- General hardness. The concentration of dissolved magnesium and calcium in water KH- Carbonate hardness. The buffering capacity of water, ie stability of pH. SG- Specific gravity. The salinity of water. Only applies to brackish and marine set-ups. RO- Reverse osmosis. MTS- Malaysian trumpet snails DCF- Dwarf clawed frog WCMM- White cloud mountain minnows NTD- Neon tetra disease KHV- Koi herpes virus UGF- Under gravel filter PFK- Practical Fishkeeping (magazine) |
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