Common Reef Acronyms
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List of Common Reef Acronyms - Now you know the lingo!
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Substrates and Rock:
- SB - Sandbed
- SSB - Shallow Sand Bed
- DSB - Deep Sand Bed
- CC - Crushed Coral
- BB - Bare Bottom
- LS - Live Sand
- LR - Live Rock
- BR - Base Rock
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Salts:
- IO - Instant Ocean
- RC - Reef Crystals
- RSS - Red Sea Salt
- TM - Tropic Marin
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Fish Diseases:
- HLLE - Head and Lateral Line Erosion
- HITH - Hole in the Head
- Ich - infestation of Cryptocaryon irritans or other common marine parasite
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Fish:
- GSM - Gold Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
- WSM - White Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
- CB - Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosus)
- CBB - Copper Banded Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
- PBT - Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) or Powder Brown Tang (Acanthurus japonicus)
- LMB - Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
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Coral Types:
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Coral Diseases:
- RTN - Rapid Tissue Necrosis
- STN - Slow Tissue Necrosis
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Corals:
- GSP - Green Star Polyps
- WSP - White Star Polyps
- Zoos - Zoanthids
- GBP - Green Button Polyps
- Rics - Ricordea
- Shroom - Mushroom
- Lobo - Lobophyllia
- Acan - Acanthastrea
- Micro - Micromussa
- Blasto - Blastomussa
- Lord - Acanthastrea Lordhowensis
- Milli - Acropora millipora (not genera Millipora)
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Inverts:
- CBS - Coral Banded Shrimp
- EC - Emerald Crab
- BLH - Blue Leg Hermit Crab
- RLH - Red Leg Hermit Crab
- BS - Brittle Starfish
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Anemones:
- RBTA - Rose Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor)
- GBTA - Green Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor)
- BTA - Bulb Tip Anemone (E. quadricolor)
- LTA - Long Tentacle Anemone
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Chemicals:
- AC - Activated Carbon
- GAC - Granular Activated Carbon
- Alk - Alkalinity
- dkH - Degrees of carbonate hardness - measurement of alkalinity
- Ca - Calcium
- Kalk - Kalkwasser - calcium hydroxide
- ORP - Oxygen Redox Potential
- pH - Measurement of hydrogen ions
- GFO - Granular Ferric Oxide - phosphate removing chemical
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Pests:
- Cyano - Cyanobacteria
- HA - Hair Algae
- LRB - Little Red Bugs
- FW - Flatworms
- AEFW - Acro Eating Flatworms
- MN - Montipora Nudibranch
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RO/DI:
- RO - Reverse Osmosis
- DI - Deionization
- TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
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Water Movement:
- GPH - Gallons per Hour
- PH - Powerhead
- CL - Closed loop
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Water:
- NSW - Natural Seawater
- SG - Specific gravity
- PPM - Parts per Million (mg/L)
- PPT - Parts per Thousand or Parts per Trillion
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MISC:
- FO - Fish Only
- FOWLR - Fish Only with Live Rock
- QT - Quarantine Tank
- HOB - Hang on Back
- HOT - Hang on Tank
- LFS - Local Fish Store
- PBITAWA - Pour Bleach in Tank and Walk Away - an acronym used to insult or joke with a user on a reef-related forum.
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Lighting:
- MH - Metal Halide
- VHO - Very High Output
- HO - High Output
- NO - Normal Output
- PC - Power Compact
- EC - End Cap
- WH - Wiring Harness
- T(#) - measurement of fluorescent bulb thickness in 1/8", i.e. T12 = 1.5", T5 = 5/8".
