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[chebert22]

How about a thread that lists all the freakin abbreviations so that us newbies can understand what they hay is being discussed....

For instance, let's start with HOB...

And then UGJ...


And then there's all the others. Please feel free to add your own to the thread...

:confuzeld:

[poel_19]

Hang on back filter(HOB)

Under Gravel Jets(UGJ)

[chebert22]

see, now all those threads that I read and had a look on my face that is similar to that of a lost and confused puppy, are all becoming clear now......

[ElijahTurtle]

Common Aquarium Related Abbreviations

LFS = Local Fish Store
DSB = Deep Sand Bed
WC = Wild Caught (I've seen Water Change also)
MTS = Malaysian Trumpet Snail or Multiple Tank Syndrome

Regarding lights:
PC/CF = Power Compact / Compact Fluorescent
NO = Normal Output
HO = High Output
VHO = Very High Output
MH = Metal Halide
F1 = First generation after wc
F# = F and then a number denoting the generation
UGF = Under Gravel Filter
UGJ = Under Gravel Jets
MTS = Multiple Tank Syndrome
RCS = Red Cherry Shrimp
CRS = Crystal Red Shrimp
ADA = Aqua Design Amano
AS = Aquasoil
PS = Powersand
IMO = In My Opinion
RLC = Rift Lake Cichlids
HOB = Hang On Back (Filter)
GPH = Gallons Per Hour
LPH = Liters Per Hour
WPG = Watts Per Gallon
W/C = Water Change
GH = General Hardness
KH = Carbonate Hardness
No3 = Nitrates
No2 = Nitrites
NH3 = Ammonia
pH = A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution
HITH = Hole in the Head (disease)
QT = Quarantine
Tank dimensions, for example 20H or 20L:
H = High
L = Long
#(20) refers to gallons

Betta Abbreviations
PK = plakat (wild type = short tail)
VT = veil tail
DT = Delta Tail
CT = crown tail
DT = double tail
HM = half moon tail
OHM = over half moon tail
BF = butterfly pattern
PB = piebald / light colored face
Mask = face same color as body (not black)
bbs = baby brine shrimp

Regarding Water Chemistry / Quality
RO = Reverse Osmosis (sometimes R/O)
TFC = Thin Film Composite (RO unit membrane)
PPM = parts per million
TDS = Total Dissolved Solids (measured in uS, microsiemens)
TWP = Tap Water Purification
S.G. = Specific Gravity
GPD = Gallons Per Day (usually referring to RO output)

Marine
SW = Saltwater (or Seawater)
LR = Live Rock
LS = Live Sand
FOWLR = Fish Only With Live Rock

[mrsbiggin]

:feint:

[AndrewH]

RODI (Reverse Osmosis DeIonization)
RUGF or RFUGF (Reverse Flow Under Gravel Filter)
NI (NitrIte)
NA (NitrAte)
"the three" (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate a.k.a the nitrogen cycle a.k.a to CYCLE a tank means to take it through the nitrogen cycle)
Cu (Copper)
K (Potassium)
I (Iron)

Lighting Continued...
W (Watts or Wattage)
A (Amps or Amperage)
V (Volts or Voltage)
MA (milliamps a.k.a 1/1000th of an amp)
DC (Direct Current)
AC (Alternating Current)
UV (Ultraviolet)
IR (Infrared)

OMG (Oh My God)
IMHO (In My Humble Opinion)
ROFL or ROFLMAO (Rolling On the Floor Laughing or Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ars off)
PNR (Point of No Return :D)

[[[great thread idea, definitely gonna sticky]]]

[chebert22]

{doing the woody harrelson happy dance...}

"I made a sticky... I made a sticky.... I made a sticky...."

[bra8ndy8]

Just SPELL it out people!! LOL

[ElijahTurtle]

Just SPELL it out people!! LOL

Why???
Not everyone is "acronym-ly" challenged. That reminds me...I forgot one.

ACB = Acronym Challenged Brandy:brandy:

:hehe::hehe:

[bra8ndy8]

LOL I think yall make them up....like SA!!

[chebert22]

what the hell is SA?:confuzeld:

[bra8ndy8]

Stupid A$$...Sorry A$$hole....ohh or South American cichlid!! LOL

[mongo]

Brandy, dont forget "CA" (Central American Cichlids)

[rolloffhill]

Thank you andrew for adding my custom PNR in here...:hehe:

[mematrix]

MTS has two meanings

"MTS" Multipal tank syndrom ( truley suffer from 32 and counting lol laugh out loud)
"MTS" maylasian trumpet snail (also know as icecream cone smail) witch I suffer from infestation from

Curtis

GBR = german blue ram
BR = Bolivian ram
Ap = Apistogramma
Fp. = fundulopanchax
Notho = nothobranchius

[AndrewH]

Thank you andrew for adding my custom PNR in here...:hehe:

Yeah, I thought you'd like that one :cool:.

[ElijahTurtle]

Thank you andrew for adding my custom PNR in here...:hehe:
Hmm....I know I've seen that somewhere before.:noidea:




:tumbleweed:

:rofl:

[rolloffhill]

:hehe: :second:

[Haiven]

What is NSFW?
Not simply for women?
No saying the "F" word?

[rolloffhill]

Not Safe For Work..;)

[ElijahTurtle]

Thought I would put this in here since we usually abbreviate the stroe names in posts as well & some of the newbies don't know them.

Store Abbreviations
JFP = Just for Pets (http://www.justforpetsonline.com/)
POR = Pet O Rama (http://www.petorama.net/Directions.html)
DNA = Dallas North Aquarium (http://www.dallasnorthaquarium.com/)
TP = True Percula (http://www.thetruepercula.com/)
FG = The Fish Gallery (http://www.aquariumenvironments.com/umbrella/)
R2R = Rift 2 Reef Aquatics (http://www.rifttoreefaquatics.com/)

[badaboom]

MFD= mysterious fish death

[AndrewH]

Thought I would put this in here since we usually abbreviate the stroe names in posts as well & some of the newbies don't know them.

Store Abbreviations
JFP = Just for Pets (http://www.justforpetsonline.com/)
POR = Pet O Rama (http://www.petorama.net/Directions.html)
DNA = Dallas North Aquarium (http://www.dallasnorthaquarium.com/)
TP = True Percula (http://www.thetruepercula.com/)
FG = The Fish Gallery (http://www.aquariumenvironments.com/umbrella/)
R2R = Rift 2 Reef Aquatics (http://www.rifttoreefaquatics.com/)

TFP = The Fish Place (http://www.fishplacetx.com)




HTH = Hope That Help(ed/s)
RAOK = Random Act of Kindness

[supersmirky]

OH...how about RTL - Red Tiger Lotus hehehe

[AndrewH]

:) good one

[Kathy]

OH...how about RTL - Red Tiger Lotus hehehe

LOL, you beat me to it!

[rolloffhill]

I'm an innovator....:hehe:

[kSpieler]

Bah...what's PNR???

bn = bristle nose pleco

@#*&! = @#*&!
@$$ = ( I ) = buttocks
SA = smart@$$ :brandy:

( * )( * ) = plastic boobies
( . )( . ) = real boobies
( .):p:(. ) = motorboatin' :hehe:

[Kathy]

I'm an innovator....:hehe:

Ahh...so that's what they call it here. :D

I haven't had to fire up the after-burners in quite a while now...

[bra8ndy8]

The motorboating one is FUNNY!!! LOL

[biggin]

This is going downhill....

[greeneyed]

There goes another sticky!!

[supersmirky]

Well....the motorboating was funny though.

We could always delete the misc. comments.

[Rock-Sales]

Wow, that is a lot of information. I'll have to save that off somewhere

[kSpieler]

This is going downhill....

:o oops... :silence: my bad (?) :whistle: :spank:

[rolloffhill]

IIRC - If I recall correctly or If I remember correctly.

[bra8ndy8]

IIRC - If I recall correctly or If I remember correctly.
Thx

[guppyfreak2]

thanks for the info

[AndrewH]

Fish, Fish & Fishes

Fish = singular
Fish = plural but one species - ex. 5 Black Skirt Tetra fish
Fishes = plural but several species - ex. The lake is full of fishes.

(read it in a book and thought I pass it along)

[mrsadler]

:hehe::hehe:

[masroberts9]

bfe - butt fu*k egypt

[greeneyed]

Or...

(B)randy's
(F)avorite
(E)xcuse.

"Oh, I just live too far."

[bst246]

I always thought it was Bum F**k Egypt.

[rolloffhill]

I always thought it was Bum F**k Egypt.


That's what I heard growing up...

[mrsadler]

this is the perfect thread for newbeies:exactly:

[lellison]

very interesting. lol. I'm gonna pass that along to someone and play like I just knew it. :hehe: lol

[masroberts9]

i've heard bfe defined both ways. i don't know which is more accurate.

[kSpieler]

Hahahha...I'm really likin' Greeneyed's version! :brandy:

[bra8ndy8]

Ohhh Blah Karen!!! I have been to your house.....you can't say that! LOL But that was rather cleaver Greeneyed!:brandy:

[kSpieler]

:brandy::hehe:

[fishyjoe24]

A
Afaro/afro - african arowana
aro - arowana
ARTC - asian Red Tail Cat
AST - alligator snapping turtle
AT - American Tiger
ATF - African tiger fish
ATP - African Tiger Pike
AUL - Australian lungfish

B
BA - blue acara
BB - bare bottom; bumblebee; Black Belt cichlids; Benificial Bacteria
BBS - baby brine shrimp
bgk - black ghost knife
BN - bushy-nose pleco (Ancistris)
BP - blood parrot
BW - blood worms

C
CC - Crushed Coral
ck - clown knife
cl - clown loach
Con - convict cichlid
cong/congi - polypterus endlicheri congicus
cyno/cyano - herichthys cyanoguttatus/texas cichlid

D
Dat - any of the Datnoid/Tigerfish
DE - Drop Eye
Del- Polypterus delhezi
DIY - Do It Yourself
DO - dissolved oxygen
DOC - dissolved organic compound

E
EBJD - electric blue jack dempsey
EL - egg-laying
endi (endli) - Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri

F
F0 - Wild caught
F1 - First brood from Wild caught parents
FBF - fluidized bed filter
FD - freeze-dried
FF - fei feng (flagtail prochilodus)
FH - flowerhorn
FM - firemouth
FOWLR - fish only, with live rock (SW aquarium)
FPT- female pipe threads
front - Cyphotilapia frontosa
FRT - Fly River turtle
FW - freshwater

G
GATF - Goliath Af. Tiger Fish
GBR - German Blue Ram
Geo - for all Geophagus
gH - general hardness
gibb - Cyphotilapia gibberosa
gibby - sailfin plec (Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps)
gph/gpm - gallons per hour/gallons per minute
GN - gold nugget pleco
GS - Gold Saum
gsp - green spotted puffer
GT - green terror

H
HDME - Hawaiian Dragon Moray Eel
HITH - hole in the head (disease)
HLLE - Head Lateral Line Erosion
HOB (HOT) - hang on back (tank) filter
HRP - Honduran Red Point

I
Ich - Ichthyophthirius (white spot disease)
ID - Inside Diameter
IT - Indonesian Tiger

J
jag - jaguar (cichlid, catfish, etc.)
JB - jelly bean parrot
jd - jack dempsey
JK - jin kang (flowerhorn)


L
Lap - Polypterus lapradei
LB - live-bearing; pound
LF - longfin
lfs - local fish store
LH - Luo Han (flowerhorn)
LLE - lateral line erosion
LMB - largemouth bass
lps - local pet shop
LR - live rock
LS - live sand
LSN - Lima Shovelnose

M
mags - motaguense
mannies - managuense/jaguar cichlid
Metro - metronidazole (flagyl)
moke - polypterus mokelembembe
Mota - Motaguense
MPT - male pipe threads
mts - malaysian trumpet snails
multi's - either Synodontis multipunctatus or Neolamprologus multifasciatus

N
Natt - Pygocentrus Nattereri (Red Bellied Piranha)
NGT - New Guinea tiger
Nic - Nicaraguense
NTT - Northern Thailand Tiger

O
OD - outside diameter
O - oscar
OF - overflow

P
P (Ps) - piranha(s)
PB - peacock bass
PBB - Polypterus bichir bichir
pH - percentage of hardness
plec/pleco - plecostomus and members of Family: Loricariidae
PLJ - Protruding Lower Jaw
PNT - pig-nose turtle (aka FRT)
poly - any species of the genus Polypterus
Pygo - Any piranha of the genus Pygocentrus

Q
QT - quarantine/quarantine tank

R
rbp - red-belly piranha (or pacu)
RCK - royal clown knife
RD - red devil
RES - Red-Eared Slider
retro - Polypterus retropinnis
rhom - Serrasalmus rhombeus
RO - reverse osmosis
RT - red terror, red tiger (Motaguense), red texas
rtc - redtail catfish
RTG - redtail gold (aro)
RTGG - redtail giant gourami
RTM - Red tiger Motaguense

S
SA - silver arowana
SA/CA - south american/central american (cichlids)
SAE - siamese algae eater
sal - Cichlasoma salvini
SAL - south american lungfish
SB - short body
SBD - Swim Bladder Disorder
Sen - Polypterus senegalus senegalus
Serra - Any piranha of the genus Serrasalmus
Sev - Severums
SF - slip
SFME - Snow Flake Moray Eel
SG - specific gravity
SH - snakehead
SHVFSR = spoon head violet fusion super red
SMB - smallmouth bass
Spilo - Serrasalmus Spilopleura
SRS - super red shock flowerhorn
SRT- Super red texas
ST - Siamese Tiger
SW - saltwater
Syn - Paratheraps synspilum or Synodontis

T
tem - Cichla temensis
Tig - tigrinus catfish
TSN - tiger shovelnose catfish
TSNxRTC - hybrid catfish
tx/tex - texas cichlid


U
UGF - undergravel filter
UGJ - undergravel jets
Umbi - umbriferus (Caquetaia, Nandopsis, etc.)
uro - Cichlasoma uropthalmus (false red terror)
UV - ultraviolet

V
VFSR - Violet Fusion Super Red (aro)

W
WAL - west african lungfish
W/C {G/W} - water change {gravel wash}
W/D - wet/dry filter
WTB - Want To Buy

X
XB - crossback

[bra8ndy8]

Did you find that on MFK??? cool find....

[AndrewH]

If so do you have permission to copy and paste it elsewhere?

A link instead might keep us outta trouble ;)

[fishyjoe24]

Did you find that on MFK??? cool find....
yes,I did brandy.
If so do you have permission to copy and paste it elsewhere? A link instead might keep us outta trouble ;)

it's from MFK here is the link. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37420

[Sollo]

Hey what about "SOL" - something about when all the fish have gone belly up!roflmao

[BlackJew]

What about Bump ?

[supra11s]

yeah what does bump mean?

[bra8ndy8]

Agg.........means aggresive fish!!! Just learned that one.......:cool:

[EAST_TX_RN]

yeah what does bump mean?

You type, 'bump' when you want to keep your for sale,etc. thread going, so it will be listed under 'new posts' and does not get placed further back. Good idea if you are wanting to keep it 'fresh' on everybody's minds that you have something for sale.