Fish Related Acronyms

[hughjaas]

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]

[socalaly]

FTS is full tank shot and if you are ever talking to Jon ...MI is his precious Moorish Idol :D

[Brian_reefragr]

I'm right there in the dark with the acronyms as well, but I can add a couple to your list for us nOObs;

IMO= in my opinion
LMK= let me know
PE= polyp extension
RTD= recent tissue degeneration
RO/DI= reverse osmosis/ de-ionized
HO/VHO= high output/ very high output

[nahtanoj]

SPS-small polyp stony coral-sticks
LPS-large polyp stony coral-brain/hammer/frogspawn/candy cane

[The_Gryphon]

FISH=Funding Is Super High
Coral=Cash Often Relocated At Lfs

Oops, you guys want real acronyms...sorry.

[jrod11]

PIF= Pay It Forward

[Diver Dan]

Substrates and Rock:
SB - Sandbed
SSB - Shallow Sand Bed
DSB - Deep Sand Bed
CC - Crushed Coral
BB - Bare Bottom
LS - Live Sand
LR - Live Rock
BR - Base Rock

Salts:
IO - Instant Ocean
RC - Reef Crystals
RSS - Red Sea Salt
TM - Tropic Marin

Fish Diseases:
HLLE - Head and Lateral Line Erosion
HITH - Hole in the Head
Ich - infestation of Cryptocaryon irritans or other common marine parasite

Fish:
GSM - Gold Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
WSM - White Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
CB - Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosus)
CBB - Copper Banded Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
PBT - Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) or Powder Brown Tang (Acanthurus japonicus)
LMB - Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)

Coral Types:
SPS - Small Polyp Stony (Scleractinia)
LPS - Large Polyp Stony
Softies - Soft Corals

Coral Diseases:
RTN - Rapid Tissue Necrosis
STN - Slow Tissue Necrosis

Corals:
GSP - Green Star Polyps
WSP - White Star Polyps
Zoos - Zoanthids
GBP - Green Button Polyps
Rics - Ricordea
Shroom - Mushroom
Lobo - Lobophyllia
Acan - Acanthastrea
Micro - Micromussa
Blasto - Blastomussa
Lord - Acanthastrea Lordhowensis
Milli - Acropora millipora (not genera Millipora)

Inverts:
CBS - Coral Banded Shrimp
EC - Emerald Crab
BLH - Blue Leg Hermit Crab
RLH - Red Leg Hermit Crab
BS - Brittle Starfish

Anemones:
RBTA - Rose Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor)
GBTA - Green Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor)
BTA - Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor)
LTA - Long Tentacle Anemone

Chemicals:
AC - Activated Carbon
GAC - Granular Activated Carbon
Alk - Alkalinity
dkH - Degrees of carbonate hardness - measurement of alkalinity
Ca - Calcium
Kalk - Kalkwasser - calcium hydroxide
ORP - Oxygen Redox Potential
pH - Measurement of hydrogen ions
GFO - Granular Ferric Oxide - phosphate removing chemical

Pests:
Cyano - Cyanobacteria
HA - Hair Algae
LRB - Little Red Bugs
FW - Flatworms
AEFW - Acro Eating Flatworms
MN - Montipora Nudibranch

RO/DI:
RO - Reverse Osmosis
DI - Deionization
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids

Water Movement:
GPH - Gallons per Hour
PH - Powerhead
CL - Closed loop

Water:
NSW - Natural Seawater
SG - Specific gravity
PPM - Parts per Million (mg/L)
PPT - Parts per Thousand or Parts per Trillion

MISC:
FO - Fish Only
FOWLR - Fish Only with Live Rock
QT - Quarantine Tank
HOB - Hang on Back
HOT - Hang on Tank
LFS - Local Fish Store
PBITAWA - Pour Bleach in Tank and Walk Away - an acronym used to insult or joke with a user on a reef-related forum.

Lighting:
MH - Metal Halide
VHO - Very High Output
HO - High Output
NO - Normal Output
PC - Power Compact
EC - End Cap
WH - Wiring Harness
T(#) - measurement of fluorescent bulb thickness in 1/8", i.e. T12 = 1.5", T5 = 5/8".
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:D

[hughjaas]

nice!!!!!!!
thanks dan

one more:
CUC= clean up crew

[clira13]

Dans the man!!

[AJ858]

Here's a bunch.. most of them have probably been covered

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=42388&highlight=acronyms

[Brian_reefragr]

That is quite a list, thanks a lot Dan and AJ. This thread/forum nOOb appreciates your input, it is extremely helpful for me.

[hughjaas]

What does ORA stand for? I see it a lot.

[Diver Dan]

Oceans Reefs and Aquariums
http://www.orafarm.com/corals.html

[hughjaas]

Oceans Reefs and Aquariums
http://www.orafarm.com/corals.html

wow, I thought it was a type of coral, not a source.
thanks- I added it to the list.