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  • #46
    From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_measurement :

    Standard length (SL) refers to the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin.[1]

    Total length (TL) refers to the length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body.[2]

    Standard length measurements are used with Teleostei (most bony fish), while total length measurements are used with Myxini (hagfish), Petromyzontiformes (lampreys), and (usually) Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), as well as some other fishes. [2]

    In addition, fishery biologists often use a third measure, fork length (FL), in fishes with forked tails. This measure is the length from the tip of the snout to the end of the middle caudal fin rays and is used in fishes in which it is difficult to tell where the vertebral column ends.[3]
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    • #47
      A few Fish acronyms

      RBP- Red Belly Piranha
      BGK- Black Goast Knife
      JD-Jack Dempsey
      EBJD- Electric Blue Jack Dempsey
      46 gallon bow front
      Grow Out Cichlid tank

      240 gallon long
      Community SA/CA/African Cichlid (we will see how it works out....)

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      • #48
        acronyms come in handy sometimes among experianced hobbyists but i think that they are daunting to new readers. i try to spell the word out the first time that i use it in a post and then the acronym thereafter, there are far too many words with the same acronym...is my ET post talking about aliens or epipedobates trivittatus or that guy in the cheech and chong movie? lol
        Last edited by Totenkampf; 05-31-2012, 09:04 AM.
        75G Standard - High Light Planted Community Fish
        28G Aquapod - Medium Light Planted Shrimp & Microrasboras
        12G Eclipse - Bonsai Planted Betta & Shrimp
        29G Standard - Vivarium w/ Red Devil Crabs
        45G Exo-Terra - Terrarium w/ Hermit Crabs (in progress)
        33G Cubish - Vivarium w/ D.auratus 'blue & bronze'

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        • #49
          What does it mean when people write Bump?
          125G: Mikula Frontosas
          75G: Mbuna Cichlids, Jack Dempsey

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          • #50
            It 'bumps' the thread to the top of the most recent list
            Sometimes peoploe also do 'TTT' for to the top.
            Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
            Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
            Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
            Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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            • #51
              Oebt?

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              • #52
                Re: Fishy Acronyms

                Originally posted by Marina Hyde View Post
                Oebt?
                Orange eyed blue tiger (shrimp)
                Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
                Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
                Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
                Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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                • #53
                  Not sure if this has been covered already. Not an acronym, but often confused in the hobby...

                  Perameter = measure of water conditions
                  Perimeter = measurement of boundaries of an area or object

                  Anubias = med to low light aquatic plant
                  Anubis = a god of death and embalming

                  Amused by these confusions, but can be annoying to some.

                  TIA = Thanks In Advance (took me a whe to figure out this wasn't a woman that really got around in the hobby or somebody's aunt)

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                  • #54
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