WELCOME - We're Glad You Found Us
This is a place for sharing ideas, problems, and expertise generally related to Fresh Water Aquariums.
If your problem is an emergency (eg. sick fish), please visit Dr Barb, Aquila and Michele in "The Emergency Room" forum.
Don't forget to check out our website.
We live in an age where lawsuits are common place. Feel free to express yourself, but please do not attach negative comments against a specific company name in this public forum.
Don't be shy, have fun, and please have respect for other posters.
Your Freshwater mods
thevirg, Murfins, Tetralina, Shelly, and Stephanie
Acronyms and Abreviations that may be used in this and other Flippers "n" Fins forums.
ACF = African Clawed Frog
ADF = African Dwarf Frog
AP, API = American Pharmaceuticals
BBS = Baby Brine Shrimp
BGA = Blue Green Algae
BS = Bio Spira
BTS = Bigger Tank Syndrome
BTW = By The Way
BW = Bloodworms
CAE = Chinese Algae Eater
C = Celsius
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide
DIY = Do It Yourself
ER = Emergency Room/Forum
F = Farenheit
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FD = freeze dried
FITB = Fill In The Blank
Flex = Flexibactor Infection
G or g = Gallons
GH = General Hardness
Harley = Harlequin Rasbora (Rasbora heteromorphia)
HOB Filter = Hang On Back Filter
Ich or Ick = Ichthyophthirius multifiliis infection
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
IME = In My Experience
Kana = Kanamycin
KH = Carbonate Hardness
L or l = litre
LFS = Local Fish Store
LPS = Local Pet Store
M = Maracyn
M2 = Maracyn II
M & M2 = Maracyn and Maracyn II
M&M combo = Maracyn and Maracyn II
MTS = Malaysian Trumpet Snails
or Multiple Tank Syndrome
NH3 = Ammonia
NO2 = Nitrite
NO3 = Nitrate
NTF = Name That Fish!
Otto = Otocinclus Catfish
O2 = Oxygen
pH = Potential Hydrogen (A measure acidity or alkalinity)
K = potassium
PO4 = phosphate
RO = reverse osmosis
SAE = Siamese algae eater
SBD = Swimbladder Disease
SVL = snout to vent length (nose to butt) measuring frogs
length. We don't count the legs.
TMS = Tahitian Moon Sand
TTS - Toxic Tank Syndrome
UGF = Under Gravel Filter
wc or w/c = Water Change
WTG = Way To Go
This is a place for sharing ideas, problems, and expertise generally related to Fresh Water Aquariums.
If your problem is an emergency (eg. sick fish), please visit Dr Barb, Aquila and Michele in "The Emergency Room" forum.
Don't forget to check out our website.
We live in an age where lawsuits are common place. Feel free to express yourself, but please do not attach negative comments against a specific company name in this public forum.
Don't be shy, have fun, and please have respect for other posters.
Your Freshwater mods
thevirg, Murfins, Tetralina, Shelly, and Stephanie
Acronyms and Abreviations that may be used in this and other Flippers "n" Fins forums.
ACF = African Clawed Frog
ADF = African Dwarf Frog
AP, API = American Pharmaceuticals
BBS = Baby Brine Shrimp
BGA = Blue Green Algae
BS = Bio Spira
BTS = Bigger Tank Syndrome
BTW = By The Way
BW = Bloodworms
CAE = Chinese Algae Eater
C = Celsius
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide
DIY = Do It Yourself
ER = Emergency Room/Forum
F = Farenheit
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FD = freeze dried
FITB = Fill In The Blank
Flex = Flexibactor Infection
G or g = Gallons
GH = General Hardness
Harley = Harlequin Rasbora (Rasbora heteromorphia)
HOB Filter = Hang On Back Filter
Ich or Ick = Ichthyophthirius multifiliis infection
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
IME = In My Experience
Kana = Kanamycin
KH = Carbonate Hardness
L or l = litre
LFS = Local Fish Store
LPS = Local Pet Store
M = Maracyn
M2 = Maracyn II
M & M2 = Maracyn and Maracyn II
M&M combo = Maracyn and Maracyn II
MTS = Malaysian Trumpet Snails
or Multiple Tank Syndrome
NH3 = Ammonia
NO2 = Nitrite
NO3 = Nitrate
NTF = Name That Fish!
Otto = Otocinclus Catfish
O2 = Oxygen
pH = Potential Hydrogen (A measure acidity or alkalinity)
K = potassium
PO4 = phosphate
RO = reverse osmosis
SAE = Siamese algae eater
SBD = Swimbladder Disease
SVL = snout to vent length (nose to butt) measuring frogs
length. We don't count the legs.
TMS = Tahitian Moon Sand
TTS - Toxic Tank Syndrome
UGF = Under Gravel Filter
wc or w/c = Water Change
WTG = Way To Go
