hughjaas
03-22-2009, 07:29 AM
Ok here's one alphabetized list combined from (almost) all of the posts so far:
AC = Activated Carbon [Chemicals]
Acan = Acanthastrea [Corals]
AEFW = Acro Eating Flatworms [Pests]
Alk = Alkalinity [Chemicals]
BB = Bare Bottom [Substrates and Rock]
Blasto = Blastomussa [Corals]
BLH = Blue Leg Hermit Crab [Inverts]
BR = Base Rock [Substrates and Rock]
BS = Brittle Starfish [Inverts]
BTA = Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor) [Anemones]
Ca = Calcium [Chemicals]
CB = Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosus) [Fish]
CBB = Copper Banded Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) [Fish]
CBS = Coral Banded Shrimp [Inverts]
CC = Crushed Coral [Substrates and Rock]
CL = Closed loop [Water Movement]
CUC = clean up crew[Livestock]
Cyano = Cyanobacteria [Pests]
DI = Deionized[Water]
dkH = Degrees of carbonate hardness (alkalinity)[Chemicals]
DSB = Deep Sand Bed [Substrates and Rock]
EC = Emerald Crab [Inverts]
EC = End Cap [Lighting]
FO = Fish Only [Misc]
FOWLR = Fish Only With Live Rock [Misc]
FTS = Full Tank Shot[Misc]
FW = Flatworms [Pests]
GAC = Granular Activated Carbon [Chemicals]
GBP = Green Button Polyps [Corals]
GBTA = Green Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor) [Anemones]
GFO = Granular Ferric Oxide (phosphate removing chemical)[Chemicals]
GPH = Gallons per Hour [Water Movement]
GSM = Gold Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus) [Fish]
GSP = Green Star Polyps [Corals]
HA = Hair Algae [Pests]
HITH = Hole in the Head [Fish Diseases]
HLLE = Head and Lateral Line Erosion [Fish Diseases]
HO = High Output [Lighting]
HOB = Hang on Back [Misc]
HOT = Hang on Tank [Misc]
Ich = infestation of Cryptocaryon irritans or other common marine parasite [Fish Diseases]
IO = Instant Ocean [Salts]
Kalk = Kalkwasser (calcium hydroxide)[Chemicals]
LFS = Local Fish Store [Misc]
LMB = Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) [Fish]
Lobo = Lobophyllia [Corals]
Lord = Acanthastrea Lordhowensis [Corals]
LPS = large polyp stony coral (brain/hammer/frogspawn/candy cane)[Coral Types]
LR = Live Rock [Substrates and Rock]
LRB = Little Red Bugs [Pests]
LS = Live Sand [Substrates and Rock]
LTA = Long Tentacle Anemone [Anemones]
MH = Metal Halide [Lighting]
Micro = Micromussa [Corals]
Milli = Acropora millipora (not genera Millipora) [Corals]
MN = Montipora Nudibranch [Pests]
NO = Normal Output [Lighting]
NSW = Natural Seawater [Water]
ORA = Oceans Reefs and Aquariums [Farm/Hatchery]
ORP = Oxygen Redox Potential [Chemicals]
PBITAWA = Pour Bleach in Tank and Walk Away (an insult or joke)[Misc]
PBT = Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) or Powder Brown Tang (Acanthurus japonicus) [Fish]
PC = Power Compact [Lighting]
PE = polyp extension[Corals]
pH = Measurement of hydrogen ions [Chemicals]
PH = Powerhead [Water Movement]
PPM = Parts per Million (mg/L) [Water]
PPT = Parts per Thousand or Parts per Trillion [Water]
QT = Quarantine Tank [Misc]
RBTA = Rose Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor) [Anemones]
RC = Reef Crystals [Salts]
Rics = Ricordea [Corals]
RLH = Red Leg Hermit Crab [Inverts]
RO = Reverse Osmosis [Water]
RSS = Red Sea Salt [Salts]
RTD = recent tissue degeneration[Diseases]
RTN = Rapid Tissue Necrosis [Coral Diseases]
SB = Sandbed [Substrates and Rock]
SG = Specific gravity [Water]
Shroom = Mushroom [Corals]
Softies = Soft Corals [Coral Types]
SPS = small polyp stony coral = sticks[Coral Types]
SSB = Shallow Sand Bed [Substrates and Rock]
STN = Slow Tissue Necrosis [Coral Diseases]
T(#) = measurement of fluorescent bulb thickness in 1/8". T12: 12/8", T5: 5/8"[Lighting]
TDS = Total Dissolved Solids [RO/DI]
TM = Tropic Marin [Salts]
VHO = Very High Output [Lighting]
WH = Wiring Harness [Lighting]
WSM = White Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus) [Fish]
WSP = White Star Polyps [Corals]
Zoos = Zoanthids [Corals]
AC = Activated Carbon [Chemicals]
Acan = Acanthastrea [Corals]
AEFW = Acro Eating Flatworms [Pests]
Alk = Alkalinity [Chemicals]
BB = Bare Bottom [Substrates and Rock]
Blasto = Blastomussa [Corals]
BLH = Blue Leg Hermit Crab [Inverts]
BR = Base Rock [Substrates and Rock]
BS = Brittle Starfish [Inverts]
BTA = Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor) [Anemones]
Ca = Calcium [Chemicals]
CB = Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosus) [Fish]
CBB = Copper Banded Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) [Fish]
CBS = Coral Banded Shrimp [Inverts]
CC = Crushed Coral [Substrates and Rock]
CL = Closed loop [Water Movement]
CUC = clean up crew[Livestock]
Cyano = Cyanobacteria [Pests]
DI = Deionized[Water]
dkH = Degrees of carbonate hardness (alkalinity)[Chemicals]
DSB = Deep Sand Bed [Substrates and Rock]
EC = Emerald Crab [Inverts]
EC = End Cap [Lighting]
FO = Fish Only [Misc]
FOWLR = Fish Only With Live Rock [Misc]
FTS = Full Tank Shot[Misc]
FW = Flatworms [Pests]
GAC = Granular Activated Carbon [Chemicals]
GBP = Green Button Polyps [Corals]
GBTA = Green Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor) [Anemones]
GFO = Granular Ferric Oxide (phosphate removing chemical)[Chemicals]
GPH = Gallons per Hour [Water Movement]
GSM = Gold Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus) [Fish]
GSP = Green Star Polyps [Corals]
HA = Hair Algae [Pests]
HITH = Hole in the Head [Fish Diseases]
HLLE = Head and Lateral Line Erosion [Fish Diseases]
HO = High Output [Lighting]
HOB = Hang on Back [Misc]
HOT = Hang on Tank [Misc]
Ich = infestation of Cryptocaryon irritans or other common marine parasite [Fish Diseases]
IO = Instant Ocean [Salts]
Kalk = Kalkwasser (calcium hydroxide)[Chemicals]
LFS = Local Fish Store [Misc]
LMB = Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) [Fish]
Lobo = Lobophyllia [Corals]
Lord = Acanthastrea Lordhowensis [Corals]
LPS = large polyp stony coral (brain/hammer/frogspawn/candy cane)[Coral Types]
LR = Live Rock [Substrates and Rock]
LRB = Little Red Bugs [Pests]
LS = Live Sand [Substrates and Rock]
LTA = Long Tentacle Anemone [Anemones]
MH = Metal Halide [Lighting]
Micro = Micromussa [Corals]
Milli = Acropora millipora (not genera Millipora) [Corals]
MN = Montipora Nudibranch [Pests]
NO = Normal Output [Lighting]
NSW = Natural Seawater [Water]
ORA = Oceans Reefs and Aquariums [Farm/Hatchery]
ORP = Oxygen Redox Potential [Chemicals]
PBITAWA = Pour Bleach in Tank and Walk Away (an insult or joke)[Misc]
PBT = Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) or Powder Brown Tang (Acanthurus japonicus) [Fish]
PC = Power Compact [Lighting]
PE = polyp extension[Corals]
pH = Measurement of hydrogen ions [Chemicals]
PH = Powerhead [Water Movement]
PPM = Parts per Million (mg/L) [Water]
PPT = Parts per Thousand or Parts per Trillion [Water]
QT = Quarantine Tank [Misc]
RBTA = Rose Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor) [Anemones]
RC = Reef Crystals [Salts]
Rics = Ricordea [Corals]
RLH = Red Leg Hermit Crab [Inverts]
RO = Reverse Osmosis [Water]
RSS = Red Sea Salt [Salts]
RTD = recent tissue degeneration[Diseases]
RTN = Rapid Tissue Necrosis [Coral Diseases]
SB = Sandbed [Substrates and Rock]
SG = Specific gravity [Water]
Shroom = Mushroom [Corals]
Softies = Soft Corals [Coral Types]
SPS = small polyp stony coral = sticks[Coral Types]
SSB = Shallow Sand Bed [Substrates and Rock]
STN = Slow Tissue Necrosis [Coral Diseases]
T(#) = measurement of fluorescent bulb thickness in 1/8". T12: 12/8", T5: 5/8"[Lighting]
TDS = Total Dissolved Solids [RO/DI]
TM = Tropic Marin [Salts]
VHO = Very High Output [Lighting]
WH = Wiring Harness [Lighting]
WSM = White Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus) [Fish]
WSP = White Star Polyps [Corals]
Zoos = Zoanthids [Corals]