Forum abbreviations/acronums

[Biorium]

I remember when i first saw LOL , WTF, MTF , WPG .... I had a hard time learning what they meant Sometimes a sentence would include 3 or 4 of these making the acronums very important to get the main idea.

Anyway I did Struggle a little big with these ... That's why i want to share this list that from my site ...

AC=Activated Carbon, or Alternating Current
AFM=Aquarium Fish Monthly, magazine
ALK=Alkalinity, measure of buffering capacity of water
BB=Bulletin Board
BOD=Biological oxygen demand
BTA=Bubble Tip Anemone
BTW=By the way
Ca=Calcium
CaCl2=Calcium chloride
CaCO3=Calcium carbonate
Ca(OH)2=Calcium hydroxide
CBS=Coral Banded Shrimp
CC=Counter current(when referring to skimmers)
CC also = Crushed Coral
Cl=Chlorine
CO2=Carbon dioxide
CO3=Carbonate
CTA=Cellulose triacetate, type of RO membrane
Cu=Copper
CYANO=Cyanobacteria
DC=Direct current
DD=Downdraft, type of protein skimmer
DI=Deionisation, type of water purification
DIY=Do it yourself
dKH=Degrees of carbonate hardness, measure of alkalinity
DO=Dissolved oxygen
DOC=Dissolved organic compound
DSB=Deep sand bed
FAMA=Freshwater and Marine Aquaria, magazine
Fe=Iron
FO=Fish only, type of marine aquarium
FOWLR=Fish only with Live Rock
FW=Freshwater
FYI=For your information
GAC=Granular Activated Carbon
GAL=Gallon
GBR=Great Barrier Reef
GPH=Gallons per hour
HCO3=Hydrogen carbonate
HO=High output fluorescent light
HT=Hospital Tank
HTH=Hope this helps
HOT=Hang On Tank
HYPO=Hyposalinity
I=Iodide
I2=Iodine
ID=Identity
IE=Internet Explorer, WWW browser
IME=In my experience
IMHO=In my humble/honest opinion
IMO=In my opinion
IO3=Iodate
IR=Infrared, type of light with longer wavelength than visible light
ISP=Internet service provider
jk=Just kidding
KALK=Kalkwasser, German for calcium hydroxide solution or limewater
KI=Potassium iodide
LFS=Local fish store
LHS=Local hardware store
LOL=Laughing out loud, or Lots of Luck
LPH=Litres per hour
LPS=Large polyped Scleractinian (stoney) coral
LR=Live rock
LS=Live Sand
LT=Litre
M2=Maracyn Two for saltwater fish which is an antibiotic medication
MACNA=Marine Aquaria Conference of North America, held annually
MASNA=Marine Aquarium Society of North America
MEQ/L=Milli-equivalents per litre, measure of alkalinity
Mg=Magnesium
MG/L=Milligrams per litre
MH=Metal halide, lighting
MO=Mail order
Mod=Bulletin Board moderator
Na=Sodium
NaCO3=Sodium carbonate
NaOH=Sodium hydroxide
NH3=Ammonia
NH4=Ammonium
NNR=Natural nitrate reduction, reef setup technique
NO=Normal output fluorescent light
NO2=NitrIte
NO3=NitrAte
NSW=Natural seawater
O2=Oxygen
ORP=Oxidative redox potential
PBT=Powder Blue Tang
PC=Power compact, high intensity fluorescent light
pH=Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, equal to -log[H+], (7 acidic, =7 neutral,)7 basic
PH=Powerhead, water circulator
PLS/PLZ=Please
PO4=Phosphate
QT=Quarantine Tank
OT also=Off Topic
PPM=Parts per million, equivalent to mg/l (milligrams per litre)
PVC=Poly vinyl chloride, used for piping/plumbing
RO=Reverse osmosis, type of water purification
RO/DI=Reverse osmosis, followed by deionisation, type of water purification
ROFL=Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLOL=Rolling on the floor laughing out loud
ROTFL=Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO=Rolling on the floor laughing my *** off
RTN=Rapid tissue necrosis
RUGF=Reverse flow undergravel filter
SAL=Salinity
SG=Specific gravity
SHO=Super high output fluorescent light, equivalent to power compact fluorescent
Si=Silicon
Sr=Strontium
SiO2=Silicon dioxide
SPS=Small polyped Scleractinian (stoney) coral
SW=Saltwater/seawater
TDS= Total Dissolved Solids
TFC=Thin film composite, type of RO membrane
TY=Thank You
UGF=Under gravel filter
UV=Ultra violet, type of light/ultra violet sterilizer
VHO=Very high output fluorescent light
WMC=Western Marine Conference, United States
YW- Your Welcome
TTYL- Talk to you later
W=Watts
Admin- 'Administrators'; Owner(s)
AG- Aquarium Gravel.
HDYD- How do you do
JTTY- Just to tell you
N/M- Never Mind
WTF- What the (I think you know the next work )
PPM = Parts Per Million
HOB = Hang on Back

I know i'm missing some, please post them here
Hope this helps

 

[cbock]

great post biorium! can you add HOB? i struggled with that one for a while. 'hang on back' i believe?

 

[punkrockfish]

put a sticky on this

 

[f8fan]

yup...I agree..HOB = Hang on Back...but this s/b (should be) a sticky for sure.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Holy mother of......lol good list man.

AC can also be a brand of HOB Filter....AquaClear. And what about "W/C", thats a big one. "Water Change"


Sticky icky icky material?

 

[ashleigh]

someone has clearly had too much coffee.

 

[trouthead]

Yes, I had to query what LFS meant when I joined this forum, and now armed with the answer, I am equally guilty in my posts in using the LFS abbreviation as opposed to fish store.

 

[Lotus]

A couple more, some more obscure than others:

IIRC = if I recall correctly
WPG = watts per gallon
YMMV = your mileage may vary (meaning it might not work for you)
NIMT = not in my tank
LPS = local pet store (alternate)
TFH= Tropical Fish Hobbyist (magazine)
ACA = African Cichlid Association
OMG= Oh my God!

Just heard a new one the other day: ADS YOYO=Adios, dumb ****, you're on your own!

 

[CAPSLOCK]

How about ADF (african dwarf frog). I know that I had trouble with that one at first, and I've seen other people ask what it means too.

LPS can also be local pet store.

Not for this list, but one I heard a while ago was WAG... wild a** guess.

 

[zoo minsi]

great post im new to here and have sat here more then once scratching my head going what does that mean.

 

[Fish Friend]

wow that really helped me, thanks for that !!!!!!!! i still dont know what most things mean though :/

 

[NoDeltaH2O]

we can't forget:

NWC = No Water Change
BBS = Baby Brine Shrimp
WPSI = Watts per square inch
LPSI = Lumens per square inch

 

[SANND]

PMSL! *laughingc (pissing myself laughing!)

Great post actually. I think ya'll have got them all. *thumbsups

 

[phOOey]

this is definately gonna help new members when they come here, i know i could of used something like that at the start of my MFT experience

EDIT: oh yeah maybe MFT should be there for my fish tank!

 

[Fish Friend]

now now language sannd LOL lmao! (laughing my a*s off!!)

 

[JNevaril]

eeeeeeeeeeeek....looks like chemistry class.

what is funny about actually seeing all of those abbreviations, and knowing what they mean, makes me realize that in maintaining my fish tanks, and worrying about such things that are listed up there NO2, NO3, Fe, I, NaCl, CaCo, all that stuff reminds me of chemistry class....


which i had to take twice in high school, becuase it bored me so much i didn't pass the first time! Now, i am actually concerned about how my NO2 converts to NO3...


or is it the other way around....?

 

[Fish Friend]

lol we are doing chemistry now in science and we was doing about co2 and stuff like that i wa slike oo ooo ooooooo i know i know.. and the teacher was like... youve never done this before how do you know !!?? lol shall i bother to listen while i still have the chance ?? lol

 

[FroggyFox]

Stickied....

And how about PWC for partial water change?

 

[Fish Friend]

ooooo yes.. lol we forgot that one froggy well remembered ! hopefully all the newbies that come here will be able to search what abbreviations/acronums meen if they see any around on the forum!

 

[bsmall05]

might we add MTS for the snails and the syndrome :-D that one boggled my mind for a while