Acronyms 101 if you have one, post it cause i don't know half of them - Page 4

blue_monkey · #31 (**permalink**) 12-23-2004, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by addict

I use this one on my wife a lot... LOL

I know how you feel. I never ask my wife what she sees in me. I don't want her thinking about it.

addict · #32 (**permalink**) 12-23-2004, 06:12 AM

Oh, just thought of one more:

BTA - Bubble-Tip Anemone
RBTA - Rose Bubble-Tip Anemone

I don't know what my wife sees in me either, blue_monkey.

LostGoby · #33 (**permalink**) 12-23-2004, 03:32 PM

SHAT=shouldn't have a tank

phil519 · #34 (**permalink**) 12-24-2004, 02:09 AM

So - if I can summarize (excluding the non-reef acros)...

ASW - Artifical Sea (Salt) Water
BB - barebottom [aquarium
BTA - Bubble-Tip Anemone
Ca(Cl)2 - calcium chloride
Ca(OH)2 - calcium hydroxide
CC - crushed coral [substrate]
CL - closed loop [circulation system]
DSB - Deep Sandbed
FO - fish only
FOWLR - fish only with live rock
HOB - hang on back(stuff that hangs on thetank side vs lets say in the sump)
HQI - mercury quartz iodide (Hg is mercury)
IC - IceCap brand ballast
kalk - kalkwasser (calcium hydroxide)
LED - light emitting diode
LFS - Local Fish Store
LPS - Large-Polyp Stony coral
LR-live rock
LS-live sand
MH - metal halide
MV - mercury vapor
NH3 - ammonia
NO2 - nitrite
NO3 - nitrate
NSW - Natural Sea (Salt) Water
PAR - Photosynthetically Active Radiation
PC - power compact [flourescent]
PH –powerhead
PO4 - phosphate
RBTA - Rose Bubble-Tip Anemone
SPS - Small-Polyp Stony coral
SWCD - Switching Water Current Director

LostGoby · #35 (**permalink**) 12-24-2004, 02:12 AM

Nicely put.

adamjr · #36 (**permalink**) 12-24-2004, 02:24 AM

Actually, Phil, FUBAR and BBR do apply to the reef in case of catastrophic failure or electrical wiring problems.

phil519 · #37 (**permalink**) 12-24-2004, 06:16 AM

(chuckle). Well I was thinking on the theoretical positive side of things...

Also I stumbled on this under faq section on this board:

http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/faq...stion&number=5

bsncrew · #38 (**permalink**) 02-02-2005, 08:00 PM

What about ORP, what's that?

**jlouv** · #39 (**permalink**) 02-02-2005, 10:10 PM

Oxygen
Redux
Potential

Not something that's worth worrying about in a marine aquarium IMO because 1. test kits and/or monitors are basically unreliable and 2. it's not something that's easily changed and 3. If the tank is set up properly, it will take care of itself.

Check out this link:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.htm

crimson0152 · #40 (**permalink**) 02-23-2005, 02:18 PM

One that applies to us newer reefers would be RTFM.

Read
The
****ing
Manual

As in - "I put an incompatible critter in my tank because I didn't RTFM!"