[Lauri]

Rules: This game will start off much like the abc game. You must come up with a word beginning with the next letter of the Alphabet from the preceding post. The catch is the words must be aquarium/fishkeeping related. And you must provide a breif definition of that word. If this does well we will combine all information into our very own Fish Keeping Dictionary. Please keep all posts to freshwater there will be a separate one for saltwater.
Edit: When naming fish please stick with the common names. Or do so like this common name/scientific name but make sure you use common for order in alphabet. Thanx

Have Fun.

First Word is....

Apistogramma: A genius of several species of fish from the family Cichlidae found in tropical areas of the Amazon basin and Venezuela.

 

[DeMonZ]

Of course I had to look this up (new to the hobby) :lol: but ....

Branchiocranium: The skeleton of the lower half of the skull, including the jawbones and gill covers.

 

[SKAustin]

Cichlid: Fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. There are estimated 1300 to 1900 different species in the Cichlidae family making it one of the three largest vertebrate families.

 

[Lauri]

Dropsy is a term given to the swelling that occurs internally in the fish.

 

[musho3210]

Euthanize To humanly kill or "put down" a fish if it is suffering.

 

[SKAustin]

Fish: Aquatic vertibrate animals

 

[Amphitrite]

Gill cover: A hard bony plate covering the gills.

 

[musho3210]

Heater An important thing to keep in your tank that keeps the water warm

 

[Amphitrite]

Invertebrate: An animal with no backbone.

 

[musho3210]

Jack Dempsy Chichlid A Violent Chichlid named after the famous Jack Dempsy

 

[flatcam1]

Kuhli loach, a red and black snake looking loach which digs into the ground and other cool things.....

did i do it right? :?

 

[Amphitrite]

You did Cam :thumbsup:

Lateral line: A line of sensory scales along the sides of fish that enables them to detect vibrations and electrical impulses from other fish.

 

[flatcam1]

mono A brackish water species....

i like this game.....

 

[musho3210]

Nitrite A poisones substance that is caused by the breaking down of poop and ammonia. It causes brown blood in a fish which doesnt let them move oxygen around the body.

 

[flatcam1]

Otocinclus A small suckermouth catfish related to the loricariidae family!

 

[musho3210]

Plecostomus A larger suckermouth catfish

 

[flatcam1]

Queen arabesque ( i think that is how you spell it ) Another type of small pleco which i think is L 260....

 

[fish_4_all]

Quarantine Tank:

A seperate tank that is used to keep sick or diseased fish in order to treat the fish. Mainly used so that specific fish can be targetted with medicated foods and with medicines, salt or heat treatments if needed. Also used a lot by those who have planted tanks or invertebrates because of the negative effects that medications and salts have on plants and inverts.

 

[musho3210]

Red Algae A type of algae that is red. Very few fish eat this algae

 

[flatcam1]

Rainbow Cichlid A cichlid with a very colourful body, covered in lots of amazing and different colours....

oh no, 2 Q's :lol: