Fish abbriviations

[Skoomakilla]

Please list all the abbriviations(inuse) here so we nooobs noe wat they mean


he he

 

[rweedon]

It would be a lot easier to just look up some of the older posts on this exact topic they have all the info that you could ever be looking for!

 

[downset21]

rtc = red tailed catfish
P's= piranhas
PB= peacock bass
GT= green terror
Aros= arowanas

that's just a few. i have trouble following at times.

 

[Oddball]

TSN - tiger shovelnose catfish
FOWLR - Fish only with live rock. (type of saltwater setup)
BGK - black ghost knife
W/D - wet/dry trickle filtration
RTG - red tail gold aro (there's a bunch more to describe color morphs and scale patterning).
pH - percentage of hardness
DO - dissolved oxygen
lfs - local fish store
lps - local pet shop

 

[Jason_S]

rt= red terror
rd= red devil
fh= flowerhorn
lh= luo han (type of flowerhorn)
zz= zen zhou (type of flowerhorn)
jk= jin kang (another tyep of flowerhorn)
mts= malaysian trumpet snail or multiple tank syndrome
fm= firemouth
gsp= green spotted puffer

 

[vanimate]

ngt=new guinea tiger

 

[water_baby83]

Damn! save some for the rest of us, lol. Here are a few:

LS --Live Sand
LR-- Live Rock
BW -- Bio Wheel
BF-- Biological Filtration
MH--Metal Halide
PC--Power Compact
RO--Reverse Osmosis
HOF--Hang on filter
CF- Canister filter
OF--Over flow
blaa blaa blaa

OK I am lazy, that's all you get for now, LOL.

--EMI

 

[downset21]

this will actually be useful, im saving this for myself. alot of times, people list their fish and I have no clue what they are. so I'm in the same boat.

 

[davo]

frt- fly river turtle

 

[skinless]

SH- snake head