Abbreviations Thread

[William]

I thought it might be a good idea to have a abbreviations thread where we collect all the abbreviations we use on the forum as I am sure not everone knows them.

I will edit this post to include the abbreviations you post below as time goes by.

Aquatic Abbreviations

AC = Aquatic Community and/or Aquaclear
AM = Ammonia
BBS = Baby Brine Shrimp
BGK = Black Ghost Knife
BHT = Blue Hippo Tang
BN = Bristlenose Pleco
BP = Blood Parrot
BS = Brine Shrimp
CA = Calcium
CA = Central America
CA = Condylactis Anemone
CAE = Chinese Algae Eater
CF = Compact Flourescent
CKF = Clown Knife Fish
CO = Coral Only
COWLR = Coral Only With Live Rock
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide
CPD = Celestial Pearl Danio
CRS = Crystal Red Shrimp
CS = Cherry Shrimp
CU = Copper
DIY = Do It Yourself
DNTMT = Do Not Touch My Tanks
EBJD = Electric Blue Jack Dempsey
EC = Eco Complete
FBS = Frozen Brine Shrimp
FBW = Frozen Blood Worms
FE = Iron
FOWLR = Fish Only With Live Rock
FPC = False Perculla Clown
FW = Freshwater
FWB = Fish Will Bite.
G or Gal = Gallon
GBR = German Blue Ram
GBTA = Green Bubble Tip Anemone
GC = Glass Catfish
GF = Goldfish
GH = Water Hardness
GPH = Gallons Per Hour
GT = Green Terror
HC = Hemianthus Callitrichoides
HITH = Hole In The Head
HOB = Hang On Back (referring to filters)
HOT = Hang On Tank (referring to filters)
JD = Jack Dempsey
JK = Just Kidding..
KH = Carbonate Hardness
LFS = Local Fish Store
LR = Live Rock
LRO = Live Rock Only
LS = Live Sand
MG/L = Milligrams Per Liter
MH = Metal Halide Lights
MTS = Multiple Tank Syndrome or Malaysian Tumpet
Snail (first use more common)
NH4 = Ammonia
NLS = New Life Spectrum (fish food brand)
NO2 = Nitrite
NO3 = Nitrate
NTD = Neon Tetra Disease
O2 = Oxygen
PB = Peacock Bass
PF = Pencilfish
PPM = Parts Per Million
RA = Rose Anemone
RO = Reverse Osmosis
RO/DI = Reverse Osmosis/Deionized Water
Pr0 = a person who begs his wife for more tanks. " comes after MTS sets in."
RT = Red Terror
SA = South American
SAE = Siamese Alae Eater
SH = Sea Horse
SW = Saltwater
TB = Tiger Barb
TBAR = TBar Cichlid
T2, T5, T8 = Aquarium Lighting Types
UGF = Under Gravel Filter
UV = Ultra Violet
VHO = Very High Output (referring to lighting)
WC = Water Change
WCMM = White Cloud Mountain Minnow
WPG = Watts Per Gallon
YT = Yellow Tang

ILMGB - ILuvMyGoldBarb (member)

Fish Unrelated (word abbreviations)

BBL = Be back later
BBS = Be back soon
BRB = Be right back
G2G = Got to go
JK = Joke
LMAO = Laughing my a_ _ off
LOL = Laugh out loud
OJ = Only joking
PPL = People
ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing
U = You
WB = Welcome back
Y = Why

) = Pr0eve way of saying he is happy or thinks what was said was good.

for more unrelated to fish see http://www.internetslang.com/

[Fishalicious]

MTS = Multiple Tank Syndrome
LFS = Local Fish Store

[William]

added to the first post.

[siymdapolio]

NTD=NEON TETRA DISEASE! IT took me forever to find out this one lol!!

[Tolley]

Sw = Saltwater
Fw = Freshwater
Fowlr = Fish only with live rock

perhaps some sw expert could get all the rest? lol

[siymdapolio]

Ahh i see how this works!

[Tolley]

CRS = Crystal Red Shrimp
CPD = Celestial Pearl Danio

William i will keep thinking of more, which is easier for you? Edit them into this post or keep posting.

[siymdapolio]

PPM=parts per million
MG/L=Milligrams per liter
MH=metal halide lights
VHO=very high output (referring to lighting)
UV= ultra violet
GPH= gallons per hour
HOB=hang on back(referring to filters)
HOT=hang on tank(referring to filters)
LR= live rock
LS=live sand
WPG=WATTS PER GALLON
WC=water change
UGF=Under Gravel Filter

[Tolley]

BP = Blood Parrot
JD = Jack Dempsey

[William]

All have been added to the list. Will sort it later.