This is for the newbies out there that might be confused at all of these acronyms that fellow reefers use. So here is a list of common acronyms that are used here on reef2reef. I hope this helps! :3
Acronym list
#
.02 - My two cents
A
A - Amp
AA - Amino Acid
ABT - Atlantic blue Tang
AC - Activated Carbon
AC - Alternating Current
Acan Lord – Acanthastrea
Acro- Acropora coral
[FONT="]AEFW – Acropora (Acro)[/FONT] Eating Flatworms
AGA - All-Glass Aquarium
AIO – all in one
Alk - Alkalinity
ATO - Auto Top Off
ATS - Algae Turf Scrubber
B
BA - Bubble algae
BB - Bare Bottom
Blasto – Blastomussa
BRS – bulk reef supplies (online store)
BTU - British Thermal Unit
C
Ca - Calcium
CBB - Copper Band Butterfly
CC - Counter Current
CC - Crushed Coral
CFL - Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CL - Closed Loop
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
Cu - Copper
CUC - Clean Up Crew
CWC - continuos water change
Cyano – Cyanobacteria
D
DC - Direct Current
DD - Downdraft
DE - Double Ended
DFS - Drs. Foster and Smith
DI – Deionization
DI water – deionized water
DIY - Do It Yourself
dKh - German Degrees of Hardness
DO - Dissolved Oxygen
DOC - Dissolved Organic Carbon
DSB - Deep Sand Bed
DT - display tank
E
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival.
F
FO - Fish Only
FOWLR - Fish Only With Live Rock
Frag - Fragment (a small part of a coral colony removed in order to grow another colony)
FTS - Full Tank Shot
FTW- for the win
Fuge = refugium
FW - Freshwater
FWE=Flat Worm Exit
FWIW-For what its worth
G
G- Gallon (ex. 60g)
GAC - Granular Activated Carbo
GBTA – Green Bubble Tip anemone
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GFI - Ground Fault Interrupter
GFO - Granular Ferric Oxide
GHA - Green Hair Algae
GPD - Gallons Per Day
GPH - Gallons Per Hour
GSM-Gold Strip Maroon Clownfish
GSP - Green Star Polyps
H
HA - Hair Algae
HID – High intensity discharge
HO - High Output
HOB - Hang On Back
HOT - Hang On Tank
HTH = Hope that helps
HQI – Hardest question is
HQI - Mercury (Hg) Quartz Iodide
I
IME - In my experience
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO- In my opinion
IO - Instant Ocean
IR - Infrared
IW - In Wall
K
K - Kelvin
kWh - Kilowatt-Hour
L
L – Liters
LED – light emitting diodes
LFS – local fish store
LMK – let me know
Lobo – Lobophyllia
LOL - Laugh out loud.
LPS –Large polyp stony have large and soft polyps
LR - Live Rock
LS - Live Sand
LTA - Long Tentacle Anemone
M
MACNA - Marine Aquaria Conference of North America
MASNA - Marine Aquarium Societies of North America
meq/L - Micro-equalities per Liter
Mg or Mag - Magnesium
MH - Metal Halide light
Milli - Acropora Millipora
MJ – Maxijet
N
Nems- anemones
NH3 - Ammonia
NNR - Natural Nitrate Reduction
NO - Normal Output
NO2 - Nitrite
NO3 - Nitrate
NPS - Non Photosynthetic
O
O2 – Oxygen
ORA- oceans, reefs, and aquariums
ORP - Oxygen Redox Potential
P
P04 – Phosphate
PAR - Photosynthetic Active Radiation
PBT-Powder Blue Tang
PC - Power Compact
POTM - Picture of the month
PP - per polyp
PPM - Parts Per Million
PPT - Parts Per Thousand
PVC - Poly Vinyl Chloride
Q
QT - Quarantine Tank
R
R2R – Reef to reef (.com)
RBTA - Rose Bubble tip anemone
RC - Reef Crystals
RDSB - Remote Deep Sand Bed
Rics – Ricordia
RO water – reverse osmosis water
RODI - Reverse Osmosis, Deionization
ROTFLMBO - Roll on the floor laughing my butt off
RR - Reef Ready
RTN - Rapid Tissue Necrosis
S
SE - Single Ended
SG - Specific Gravity
Shrooms – Mushrooms
SPS - small polyp stony –branch out or plate and have small polyps
SSB - Shallow Sand Bed
STN - Slow Tissue Necrosis
SW - Salt Water / Sea Water
T
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TFC - Thin Film Composite
TIA = Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
TOTM - Tank of the month
Trachy – Trachyphyllia
U
ULNS - Ultra Low Nutrient System
UV - Ultra Violet
V
V - Volt
VHO - Very High Output (fluorescent light)
W
W - Watts
WC - Water Change
Wellso – Wellsophyllia
WYSIWUG - what you see is what you get
Y
YGPM - You've Got Private Message
YWG-Yellow Watchman Goby
Z
Z&P - Zoanthids and palythoa
Zoa - [FONT="]Zoanthid Coral[/FONT]
Thanks to: Raggamuffin, Wy Renegade, Swannyson, Skinz78, Tabasco 1, Jordan 3548, fsu1dolfan, Stray40, and Rayzback for their contributions to the list.
Acronym list
#
.02 - My two cents
A
A - Amp
AA - Amino Acid
ABT - Atlantic blue Tang
AC - Activated Carbon
AC - Alternating Current
Acan Lord – Acanthastrea
Acro- Acropora coral
[FONT="]AEFW – Acropora (Acro)[/FONT] Eating Flatworms
AGA - All-Glass Aquarium
AIO – all in one
Alk - Alkalinity
ATO - Auto Top Off
ATS - Algae Turf Scrubber
B
BA - Bubble algae
BB - Bare Bottom
Blasto – Blastomussa
BRS – bulk reef supplies (online store)
BTU - British Thermal Unit
C
Ca - Calcium
CBB - Copper Band Butterfly
CC - Counter Current
CC - Crushed Coral
CFL - Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CL - Closed Loop
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
Cu - Copper
CUC - Clean Up Crew
CWC - continuos water change
Cyano – Cyanobacteria
D
DC - Direct Current
DD - Downdraft
DE - Double Ended
DFS - Drs. Foster and Smith
DI – Deionization
DI water – deionized water
DIY - Do It Yourself
dKh - German Degrees of Hardness
DO - Dissolved Oxygen
DOC - Dissolved Organic Carbon
DSB - Deep Sand Bed
DT - display tank
E
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival.
F
FO - Fish Only
FOWLR - Fish Only With Live Rock
Frag - Fragment (a small part of a coral colony removed in order to grow another colony)
FTS - Full Tank Shot
FTW- for the win
Fuge = refugium
FW - Freshwater
FWE=Flat Worm Exit
FWIW-For what its worth
G
G- Gallon (ex. 60g)
GAC - Granular Activated Carbo
GBTA – Green Bubble Tip anemone
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GFI - Ground Fault Interrupter
GFO - Granular Ferric Oxide
GHA - Green Hair Algae
GPD - Gallons Per Day
GPH - Gallons Per Hour
GSM-Gold Strip Maroon Clownfish
GSP - Green Star Polyps
H
HA - Hair Algae
HID – High intensity discharge
HO - High Output
HOB - Hang On Back
HOT - Hang On Tank
HTH = Hope that helps
HQI – Hardest question is
HQI - Mercury (Hg) Quartz Iodide
I
IME - In my experience
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO- In my opinion
IO - Instant Ocean
IR - Infrared
IW - In Wall
K
K - Kelvin
kWh - Kilowatt-Hour
L
L – Liters
LED – light emitting diodes
LFS – local fish store
LMK – let me know
Lobo – Lobophyllia
LOL - Laugh out loud.
LPS –Large polyp stony have large and soft polyps
LR - Live Rock
LS - Live Sand
LTA - Long Tentacle Anemone
M
MACNA - Marine Aquaria Conference of North America
MASNA - Marine Aquarium Societies of North America
meq/L - Micro-equalities per Liter
Mg or Mag - Magnesium
MH - Metal Halide light
Milli - Acropora Millipora
MJ – Maxijet
N
Nems- anemones
NH3 - Ammonia
NNR - Natural Nitrate Reduction
NO - Normal Output
NO2 - Nitrite
NO3 - Nitrate
NPS - Non Photosynthetic
O
O2 – Oxygen
ORA- oceans, reefs, and aquariums
ORP - Oxygen Redox Potential
P
P04 – Phosphate
PAR - Photosynthetic Active Radiation
PBT-Powder Blue Tang
PC - Power Compact
POTM - Picture of the month
PP - per polyp
PPM - Parts Per Million
PPT - Parts Per Thousand
PVC - Poly Vinyl Chloride
Q
QT - Quarantine Tank
R
R2R – Reef to reef (.com)
RBTA - Rose Bubble tip anemone
RC - Reef Crystals
RDSB - Remote Deep Sand Bed
Rics – Ricordia
RO water – reverse osmosis water
RODI - Reverse Osmosis, Deionization
ROTFLMBO - Roll on the floor laughing my butt off
RR - Reef Ready
RTN - Rapid Tissue Necrosis
S
SE - Single Ended
SG - Specific Gravity
Shrooms – Mushrooms
SPS - small polyp stony –branch out or plate and have small polyps
SSB - Shallow Sand Bed
STN - Slow Tissue Necrosis
SW - Salt Water / Sea Water
T
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TFC - Thin Film Composite
TIA = Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
TOTM - Tank of the month
Trachy – Trachyphyllia
U
ULNS - Ultra Low Nutrient System
UV - Ultra Violet
V
V - Volt
VHO - Very High Output (fluorescent light)
W
W - Watts
WC - Water Change
Wellso – Wellsophyllia
WYSIWUG - what you see is what you get
Y
YGPM - You've Got Private Message
YWG-Yellow Watchman Goby
Z
Z&P - Zoanthids and palythoa
Zoa - [FONT="]Zoanthid Coral[/FONT]
Thanks to: Raggamuffin, Wy Renegade, Swannyson, Skinz78, Tabasco 1, Jordan 3548, fsu1dolfan, Stray40, and Rayzback for their contributions to the list.
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