Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Glossary and Acronym List

A lot of aquarium forums make used of slang, jargon and short hand terms. I am going to start collecting them here.

Glossary
Berried: described a female shrimp carrying eggs in her swimmerettes (see right)
Muppy: a hybrid of a gambusia and a guppy

Acronym List
CRS: crystal red shrimp
LFS: local fish store
MTS: Malaysian trumpet snail, also multiple tank syndrome
PWC: partial water changes
RCS: red cherry shrimp

3 comments:

corrin said...

What does a Muppy look like? Love the name.

Maureen said...

Potentially helpful....

Maureen said...

Potentially helpful....