Who would have known we use so many acronyms and abbreviations in this hobby. This is for the newbies and all out there that might be confused at all of these that fellow reefers use. Feel free to post more and we can add them to the list. I hope this helps!
Acronym list
#
.02 - My two cents
A
A - Amp
AA - Amino Acid
ABT - Atlantic blue Tang
AC - Activated Carbon
AC - Alternating Current
Acan Lord – Acanthastrea
Acro- Acropora coral
AEFW – Acropora (Acro) Eating Flatworms
AGA - All-Glass Aquarium
AIO – all in one
Alk - Alkalinity
ATO - Auto Top Off
ATS - Algae Turf Scrubber
B
BA - Bubble algae
BB - Bare Bottom
Blasto – Blastomussa
BRS – bulk reef supplies (online store)
BTU - British Thermal Unit
C
Ca - Calcium
CBB - Copper Band Butterfly
CC - Counter Current
CC - Crushed Coral
CFL - Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CL - Closed Loop
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
Cu - Copper
CUC - Clean Up Crew
CWC - continuos water change
Cyano – Cyanobacteria
D
DC - Direct Current
DD - Downdraft
DE - Double Ended
DFS - Drs. Foster and Smith
DI – Deionization
DI water – deionized water
DIY - Do It Yourself
dKh - German Degrees of Hardness
DO - Dissolved Oxygen
DOC - Dissolved Organic Carbon
DSB - Deep Sand Bed
DT - display tank
E
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival.
F
FO - Fish Only
FOWLR - Fish Only With Live Rock
Frag - Fragment (a small part of a coral colony removed in order to grow another colony)
FTS - Full Tank Shot
FTW- for the win
Fuge = refugium
FW - Freshwater
FWE=Flat Worm Exit
FWIW-For what its worth
G
G- Gallon (ex. 60g)
GAC - Granular Activated Carbo
GBTA – Green Bubble Tip anemone
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GFI - Ground Fault Interrupter
GFO - Granular Ferric Oxide
GHA - Green Hair Algae
GPD - Gallons Per Day
GPH - Gallons Per Hour
GSM-Gold Strip Maroon Clownfish
GSP - Green Star Polyps
H
HA - Hair Algae
HID – High intensity discharge
HO - High Output
HOB - Hang On Back
HOT - Hang On Tank
HTH = Hope that helps
HQI – Hardest question is
HQI - Mercury (Hg) Quartz Iodide
I
IME - In my experience
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO- In my opinion
IO - Instant Ocean
IR - Infrared
IW - In Wall
K
K - Kelvin
kWh - Kilowatt-Hour
L
L – Liters
LED – light emitting diodes
LFS – local fish store
LMK – let me know
Lobo – Lobophyllia
LOL - Laugh out loud.
LPS –Large polyp stony have large and soft polyps
LR - Live Rock
LS - Live Sand
LTA - Long Tentacle Anemone
M
MACNA - Marine Aquaria Conference of North America
MASNA - Marine Aquarium Societies of North America
meq/L - Micro-equalities per Liter
Mg or Mag - Magnesium
MH - Metal Halide light
Milli - Acropora Millipora
MJ – Maxijet
N
Nems- anemones
NH3 - Ammonia
NNR - Natural Nitrate Reduction
NO - Normal Output
NO2 - Nitrite
NO3 - Nitrate
NPS - Non Photosynthetic
O
O2 – Oxygen
ORA- oceans, reefs, and aquariums
ORP - Oxygen Redox Potential
P
P04 – Phosphate
PAR - Photosynthetic Active Radiation
PBT-Powder Blue Tang
PC - Power Compact
POTM - Picture of the month
PP - per polyp
PPM - Parts Per Million
PPT - Parts Per Thousand
PVC - Poly Vinyl Chloride
Q
QT - Quarantine Tank
R
R2R – Reef to reef (.com)
RBTA - Rose Bubble tip anemone
RC - Reef Crystals
RDSB - Remote Deep Sand Bed
Rics – Ricordia
RO water – reverse osmosis water
RODI - Reverse Osmosis, Deionization
ROTFLMBO - Roll on the floor laughing my butt off
RR - Reef Ready
RTN - Rapid Tissue Necrosis
S
SE - Single Ended
SG - Specific Gravity
Shrooms – Mushrooms
SPS - small polyp stony –branch out or plate and have small polyps
SSB - Shallow Sand Bed
STN - Slow Tissue Necrosis
SW - Salt Water / Sea Water
T
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TFC - Thin Film Composite
TIA = Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
TOTM - Tank of the month
Trachy – Trachyphyllia
U
ULNS - Ultra Low Nutrient System
UV - Ultra Violet
V
V - Volt
VHO - Very High Output (fluorescent light)
W
W - Watts
WC - Water Change
Wellso – Wellsophyllia
WYSIWUG - what you see is what you get
Y
YGPM - You've Got Private Message
YWG-Yellow Watchman Goby
Z
Z&P - Zoanthids and palythoa
Zoa - Zoanthid Coral
Thanks to Reef2Reef thread: Raggamuffin, Wy Renegade, Swannyson, Skinz78, Tabasco 1, Jordan 3548, fsu1dolfan, Stray40, and Rayzback for their contributions to the list.
Acronym list
#
.02 - My two cents
A
A - Amp
AA - Amino Acid
ABT - Atlantic blue Tang
AC - Activated Carbon
AC - Alternating Current
Acan Lord – Acanthastrea
Acro- Acropora coral
AEFW – Acropora (Acro) Eating Flatworms
AGA - All-Glass Aquarium
AIO – all in one
Alk - Alkalinity
ATO - Auto Top Off
ATS - Algae Turf Scrubber
B
BA - Bubble algae
BB - Bare Bottom
Blasto – Blastomussa
BRS – bulk reef supplies (online store)
BTU - British Thermal Unit
C
Ca - Calcium
CBB - Copper Band Butterfly
CC - Counter Current
CC - Crushed Coral
CFL - Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CL - Closed Loop
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
Cu - Copper
CUC - Clean Up Crew
CWC - continuos water change
Cyano – Cyanobacteria
D
DC - Direct Current
DD - Downdraft
DE - Double Ended
DFS - Drs. Foster and Smith
DI – Deionization
DI water – deionized water
DIY - Do It Yourself
dKh - German Degrees of Hardness
DO - Dissolved Oxygen
DOC - Dissolved Organic Carbon
DSB - Deep Sand Bed
DT - display tank
E
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival.
F
FO - Fish Only
FOWLR - Fish Only With Live Rock
Frag - Fragment (a small part of a coral colony removed in order to grow another colony)
FTS - Full Tank Shot
FTW- for the win
Fuge = refugium
FW - Freshwater
FWE=Flat Worm Exit
FWIW-For what its worth
G
G- Gallon (ex. 60g)
GAC - Granular Activated Carbo
GBTA – Green Bubble Tip anemone
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GFI - Ground Fault Interrupter
GFO - Granular Ferric Oxide
GHA - Green Hair Algae
GPD - Gallons Per Day
GPH - Gallons Per Hour
GSM-Gold Strip Maroon Clownfish
GSP - Green Star Polyps
H
HA - Hair Algae
HID – High intensity discharge
HO - High Output
HOB - Hang On Back
HOT - Hang On Tank
HTH = Hope that helps
HQI – Hardest question is
HQI - Mercury (Hg) Quartz Iodide
I
IME - In my experience
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO- In my opinion
IO - Instant Ocean
IR - Infrared
IW - In Wall
K
K - Kelvin
kWh - Kilowatt-Hour
L
L – Liters
LED – light emitting diodes
LFS – local fish store
LMK – let me know
Lobo – Lobophyllia
LOL - Laugh out loud.
LPS –Large polyp stony have large and soft polyps
LR - Live Rock
LS - Live Sand
LTA - Long Tentacle Anemone
M
MACNA - Marine Aquaria Conference of North America
MASNA - Marine Aquarium Societies of North America
meq/L - Micro-equalities per Liter
Mg or Mag - Magnesium
MH - Metal Halide light
Milli - Acropora Millipora
MJ – Maxijet
N
Nems- anemones
NH3 - Ammonia
NNR - Natural Nitrate Reduction
NO - Normal Output
NO2 - Nitrite
NO3 - Nitrate
NPS - Non Photosynthetic
O
O2 – Oxygen
ORA- oceans, reefs, and aquariums
ORP - Oxygen Redox Potential
P
P04 – Phosphate
PAR - Photosynthetic Active Radiation
PBT-Powder Blue Tang
PC - Power Compact
POTM - Picture of the month
PP - per polyp
PPM - Parts Per Million
PPT - Parts Per Thousand
PVC - Poly Vinyl Chloride
Q
QT - Quarantine Tank
R
R2R – Reef to reef (.com)
RBTA - Rose Bubble tip anemone
RC - Reef Crystals
RDSB - Remote Deep Sand Bed
Rics – Ricordia
RO water – reverse osmosis water
RODI - Reverse Osmosis, Deionization
ROTFLMBO - Roll on the floor laughing my butt off
RR - Reef Ready
RTN - Rapid Tissue Necrosis
S
SE - Single Ended
SG - Specific Gravity
Shrooms – Mushrooms
SPS - small polyp stony –branch out or plate and have small polyps
SSB - Shallow Sand Bed
STN - Slow Tissue Necrosis
SW - Salt Water / Sea Water
T
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TFC - Thin Film Composite
TIA = Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
TOTM - Tank of the month
Trachy – Trachyphyllia
U
ULNS - Ultra Low Nutrient System
UV - Ultra Violet
V
V - Volt
VHO - Very High Output (fluorescent light)
W
W - Watts
WC - Water Change
Wellso – Wellsophyllia
WYSIWUG - what you see is what you get
Y
YGPM - You've Got Private Message
YWG-Yellow Watchman Goby
Z
Z&P - Zoanthids and palythoa
Zoa - Zoanthid Coral
Thanks to Reef2Reef thread: Raggamuffin, Wy Renegade, Swannyson, Skinz78, Tabasco 1, Jordan 3548, fsu1dolfan, Stray40, and Rayzback for their contributions to the list.
