Common abbreviations used in Discus posts...

[brewmaster15]

Some common abbreviations that come to mind...

BD= blue diamond
Pb=pigeon blood
ss=snakeskin
f1 = first generation of a cross
MR=marlboro red
WD =white diamond
rsg= red spotted green

Please add ones you know, and eventually we will have a good listing...

Thanks,
al

[Ryan Smith]

Hmmmm... An over-all glossary or just a fish-related glossary? Here's some common chat abbreviations that people use in the chat room and on the forum:

BRB - Be Right Back
BBS - Be Back Soon
BBL - Be Back Later
BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF - Be Back In A Few
GDAWC - Go Do A Water Change
IME - In My Experience
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion/In My Honest Opinion (I've seen it both ways)
IMO - In My Opinion
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
N/M - No message (used on some forums)/Nevermind
ROTFL/ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
ROTFPIMP - Rolling On The Floor Peeing In My Pants
TTYL - Type/Talk To You Later
W/C - Water Change

And for a couple fish-related ones:

BH - Beefheart
BW - (Hikari) Bloodworms or (California/Live) Blackworms
PP - Potassium Permanganate (sp?)
X - A cross.. usually seen between two strains of discus
example: pigeon blood X snakeskin

[brewmaster15]

Good add-ins Ryan! Might as well make a complete listingof the "language" we use on this board!!
-al

[BlueTurquoise]

HTH = Hope this/that helps
BTW = by the way
AFK = Away from keyboard

Metro = Metronidazole
Prazi = praziquantel

Cheers! Nathan

Hello All,
Here is a link to common abbreviations:

http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/chat.html

Regards,
David

[brewmaster15]

Nice link, thanks David.

-al

Ryan,
Now Pam and hundreds of others know the abbrevations.
Good Job

Miles

[bcblair]

What are

HOB filtration
AQ
QT(asin I have a AQ on my 30 gal QT)





A couple I picked up on after a while.

RO - Reverse osmosis

and

LFS= Local fish store.

[Carol_Roberts]

HOB filtration =Hang On Back (power filte like aqua Clear)

AQ Sometimes I think folks really mean AC for Aqua Clear

QT=quarantine (as in I have a AQ on my 30 gal QT)

Carol :heart1:

[DISCUSDADDYSLC]

WWIPMN - Wait while I pic my nose :-\ WWIPMB - Use your imagination Wait thats a good one UYI O.K. I,ll stop :crazy:

[bokgrasul]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
For me ,it really helps!
8)

[Owen]

Sorry to be a nitpick here! F1, F2, etc is "Filial".

fil·i·al
adj.
Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial respect.
Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent.
Genetics. Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.

[Rikk]

F1 is the first cross of wild fish or from any fish ?

[Rod]

When i think of F1 discus i thought it was meant to mean that the fish are produced from 2 wild parents of the same subspecies. F2 would be 2nd generation (1st inbred generation) and so on.

So that would mean an F5 RSG would be a pure bred Symphysodon Aequafasciata Aequafasciata inbred 4 times from wild parental stock.

Rod

[Rikk]

i heard that when you have two fish, not wild, and they are crossed they called them also F1
because it is the first fry

that should not be normal, or is it ?

[chuck]

how about..
ATB = all the best
HTH = Hope this helps

chuck

[Ivan]

I got one: A/C ~Activated Carbon

[Rikk]

special for the dutch

HPK = helaas pindakaas

translated that means sorry, peanut butter
you do something similar with na na na na na
little childeren language

[Ivan]

MBB ~ My Big Butt
RFF ~ Really Fat Fish
BP ~ Breeding pair.
IBP ~ Irritating Breeding Pair, I bet we've all had those.
MCWINA ~ My Crazy Wife Is Nagging Again. Hope she don't see that one or she wont just nag ;D ;D

[wall_o_fish]

Here's one I asked about the other day, and that our patient moderators supplied for me.

HITH: Hole in the head. (a cichlid disease. Sometimes called "hex" too, which is an abbreviation for the longer name of the infesting critter, hexamitia or something like that.)

scott

[ham helper]

w/b- where been
otp- on the phone

my usuals ;D
kimberly :-*

[Nightowl]

IITYWYBMAD? :vanish:

[ham helper]

huh?

[Nightowl]

If I tell you will you buy me a drink? :vanish:

[ham helper]

lol!
i almost said yes, but then i realized that WAS the abbreviation!
kimberly :-*

[Nightowl]

Gee, there IS someone out there w/ a sense of humor. I was starting to wonder... glad you liked it ! I almost got you w/ it though, didn't I? take care , Nightowl :vanish:

[ham helper]

almost, but i'm too young to buy it anywho, so i guess you will just have to trick someone else tonight!
get some sleep!! ;D
kimberly :-*

[Jdawgg]

Ok.. I am new...how about..DK....GLSS...and quot??? Thanks

[chinoz]

dragon kings and golen leopard snake skin.

[BigDaddy]

Here's one I've seen:

BB - Bare bottom.

A glass only tank with no gravel or other substrate.

[target]

I'm new here, what does CBW stand for? I know it is a food.

Thanks

Daniel

[alron2]

I'm new here, what does CBW stand for? I know it is a food.

Thanks

Daniel

Maybe California Black Worm?
Ron

[Bigsexybadguy]

F-1 = First Generation fish.
F-U = My ex-wife's last words to me.

BSB

[Elite Aquaria]

CBW = California Black Worms

[Elite Aquaria]

CBW = California Black Worms

[target]

CBW = California Black Worms

Thanks

Daniel

[gotfish?]

IDK, my BFF Jill lol had to write this one:D