peterjames1
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Posts : 191
Location : Wakefield West Yorkshire
 |  Subject: Abbreviations  Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:43 am | |
| Some Abbreviations please add to the list if i have missed any important ones
Alk....................Alkalinity
AC
Activated carbon,
acro
. Acropora, a type of SPS coral
AFAIK
. As far as I know
ASAP
. As soon as possible
ATM
... At the moment
BTA
..Type of anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) / bubble-tipped, bulb tentacle,
BTW
. By the way
CaCl2
.. Calcium chloride
CaCO3
.. Calcium carbonate
Ca(OH)2
.Calcium hydroxide
CO2
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Carbon dioxide
CO3
. Carbonate
CYANO
Cyanobacteria
Cal...................Calcium
CYL...................See You Later
DSB..................Deep sand bed
FAQ...................Frequently Asked Questions
FO.....................Fish Only
FOWLR...............Fish Only With Live Rock
FRAG.................Fragment of a coral
FWIW.................For What It's Worth
LFS....................Local fish shop
LOL....................laugh out loud
LPS....................Large Polyp Stony Coral
LR......................Live rock
LS......................Live sand
MAG...................Magnesium
PH.....................power head
ROFL..................Rolling on floor laughing
Sg.....................Specific Gravity
SPS...................Small Polyp Stony Coral
ROFL.................Rolling On Floor Laughing
SSB
Shallow Sand Bed
Invert
.. Invertibrate
FO
.. Fish Only
FOWLR
.Fish Only with Live Rock
HOB
. Hang On Back filter
NO Lights
. Normal Output lights
VHO Lights
Very High Output lights
PC Lights
.Power Compact lights
MH Lights
Metal Halide lights
UV
.Ultra Violet
RR
..Reef Ready
No2
. Nitrite
No3
. Nitrate
NH4
.Ammonia
GPH
.Gallons Per Hour
LPH
... Litres Per Hour
K or Kelvin
.The colour output of marine lighting
Nano - A Small Reef Aqauraium ( around 20 gallons plus )
Pico - A "very" small reef aquarium ( around 2 - 5 gallons )
IMHO - In My Honest Opinion
PITA - Pain in the As*
HTH - Hope That Helps
FWIW - For What Its Worth
QT - Quarantine
SG - Specific Gravity
WHY
What Have You
WYSIWYG...What you see is what you get |
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Alastair
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Joined : 30 Dec 2007
Posts : 92
Location : King's Lynn
| | Subject: Re: Abbreviations Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:52 pm | |
| Still a work in progress
Last updated 09/08/2008
Units and conventions of of measurement
l - litre, SI unit of volume
ml - millilitre, 1,000ml = 1 litre
΅l - microlitre, 1,000΅l = 1 ml
g - gramme
kg - kilogramme, 1kg = 1,000 grammes
mg - milligram, 1,000mg = 1 gramme
΅l - microgramme, 1,000΅g = 1 mg
g - gallon, maybe either US or Imperial, confusing and usage should be avoided
USG or g(US) - US gallon, 231 cubic inches or 3.785411784 litres
IMP G or G(Imp) - Imperial gallon, 4.54609 litres
ppt - parts per thousand (e.g. ml/l, mg/g, g/kg)
ppm - parts per million (e.g. mg/kg, ΅l/l)
K - Kelvin, measure of absolute temperature, also used to describe the colour temperature of a light source
SG - specific gravity, the ratio of the density of a given substance to the density of water, commonly used as a means of approximating the salinity of water
Water Chemistry
Chemicals and substances
Ca - Calcium
Mg - Magnesium
NO2 - Nitrite
NO3 - Nitrate
NH3 - Ammonium
CO3 - Carbonate
H2SO4 - Hydrogen sulphide (bad egg smell)
CaCl2 - Calcium chloride
CaCO3 - Calcium carbonate
Ca(OH)2 - Calcium hydroxide
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
Chemical and physical characteristics of solutions
pH - measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution
dkh - carbonate hardness measured in degrees (dKH). It may also be expressed as parts per million of calcium carbonate (ppm CaCo3), or milliequivalents per liter (meq/L). Carbonate hardness a measure of the ability of a solution to neutralize acid without changing the pH.
dGH or dH - the measurement of the total dissolved minerals in a sample of water. Not generally referred to in saltwater aquariums.
Livestock
Animals (including corals)
SPS - small polyped stony corals
LPS - large polyped stony corals
BTA - bubble-tipped anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
acro - Acropora a genus of SPS
lobo - Lobophyllia a genus of LPS
trachy - Trachyphyllia a genus of LPS
zoa - Zooanthus a genus of soft coral closely related to anemones
invert - invertebrate, animals without a backbone
Plants (inclucing algae) and bacteria
chaeto - Chaetomorphae, an algae
cyano - cyanobacteria, also known historically as blue-green algae. It is not an algae but a widespread phylum of photosynthetic bacteria found in a variety of habitats
Other
LFS - Local (or Live) Fish Shop
Pico - picoreef/picotank, a very small aquarium up to 5 gallons
Nano - nanoreef/nanotank, a small aquarium usually taken as being between 5 and 20 gallons in volume
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peterjames1
Age : 29
Joined : 10 Mar 2008
Posts : 191
Location : Wakefield West Yorkshire
| | Subject: Re: Abbreviations Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:53 pm | |
| Quite right, Alastair. sorry i used i copy and paste from an email
and didnt read all.
if you would like to rewright the list please feel free and i will ask if this one can be deleted |
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Josh
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Joined : 30 Jul 2007
Posts : 216
Location : Leicester
| | Subject: Re: Abbreviations Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:01 pm | |
| Very useful, it took me ages to think what WHY meant and even then i still had to ask you peter  |
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Alastair
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Joined : 30 Dec 2007
Posts : 92
Location : King's Lynn
| | Subject: Re: Abbreviations Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:27 am | |
| | If people can add anything missing to this thread, then I'll put it all together and tidy it up in a week or so.. |
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