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Acronyms & Abbreviations
Hello All,
Trying to learn as much as I can here on the forum, however, I keep getting stuck on some of the Acronyms & Abbreviations people are using. Can anyone put together a list that would help us new folks? I just came accross this one in the Freshwater forum, Maybe we can build on it. Thanks!!! AC - Activated carbon ALK - Alkalinity, buffering capacity of water Amm - Ammonia BBS - Baby Brine Shrimp BW - Brackish Water Ca - Calcium Cl - Chlorine CO2 - Carbon dioxide DI - Deionizer, used to purify water before filling an aquarium, typically part of an RO system. frag(s) - Broken or cut pieces of coral that grows FW - freshwater Gal or G - Gallon GAC - Granular activated carbon GH – General hardness GPH - Gallons per hour Gravid - Egg-laden HD - High Density HO - High output fluorescent light HOB - Hang On Back or HOT- Hang On Tank Ich - parasite L - Liter LHS - Local hardware store LFS - Local Fish Store LPS - Local Pet Store LR - Live rock LS - Live sand N2 - Nitrogen Na - Sodium NH3 - Ammonia NH4 - Ammonium ion NO - Normal output fluorescent light NO2 - Nitrite NO3 - Nitrate O2 - Oxygen O3 - Ozone PC - Power compact fluorescent light pH - Measure of the concentration of hydrogen. Used to measure acidity/alkalinity of H2O PH - Powerhead, water pump RO - Reverse osmosis, (type of H2O purification) RO/DI - Reverse osmosis and deionizer combination unit (type of water purification) RUGF - Reverse flow undergravel filter SAL - Salinity SG - Specific gravity SHO - Super high output fluorescent light Substrate – sand, gravel, crushed coral, etc in bottom of tank SW - saltwater T5 - Type of fluorescent light bulb. New in aquarium hobby, high lumen output, energy efficient. UGF - Undergravel filter UV - Ultra violet, type of light VHO - Very high output fluorescent light W – Watts WC - Water Change W/D - Wet/dry, form of aquarium filtration WPG - Watts per gallon |
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Re: Acronyms & Abbreviations - HELP!!!
Very good idea, Stickied!
Also just off the top of my head. MH - Metal Halide Lights SPS - Small Polyped Stony LPS - Large Polyp Stony CGC - Captive Grown Corals
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