Discus and Aquarium Abbreviations

[ericatdallas]

I noticed there was not a good list of abbreviations any where on the site. There's one on the main site, but it's short. I also did a search but nothing really comprehensive.

I know it took me quite a while to learn most of the abbreviations and I'm still learning. This isn't meant to be all inclusive but it's a good start. It also doesn't include a lot of common aquarium abbreviations if they're not very applicable to Discus. I broadened it a little to other aquarium topics but not so far as to include some that deal with other types of fish (some of them speak completely different acronym languages).

I'm sure people will suggest others and I'm sure I'll wish I had included some that I didn't put as soon as I hit 'submit'.

Anyway, HTH!
-Eric

Fish

BD - Blue Diamond
BP - Blue Panda
BSS - Blue Snakeskin
BT - Blue Turk
CRS - Crystal Red Shrimp
Cory - Corydoras
GBR - German Blue Ram
MTS - Malaysian Trumpet Snail
OG - Ocean Green
Oto - Otocinclus
PB - Pigeon Blood
PE - Penang Eruption
Pleco - Plecostomus
RCS - Red Cherry Shrimp
RD - Red Diamond
RP - Red Panda
RSG - Red Spotted Green
RSS - Red Snakeskin
RT - Red Turk
SS - Snakeskin
VR - Violet Reflection or Virgin Red
WD - White Diamond

Brand Names

AC - Aquaclear
API - Aquarium Pharmaceutricals Inc
IO - Instant Ocean
ON - Ocean Nutrition
TFH - Tropical Fish Hobbyist (magazine, publisher)

General
AC - Activated Carbon
BB - Bare bottom
BBA - Black Brush Algae
CFL - Compact Flourescent
Dechlor - Dechlorinator or Dechlorinate
DI - De-ionized water
DIY - Do it yourself
F0 - Wild/Original
F1 - First Generation Cross
F2 - Second Generation
FS - For Sale
FW - Freshwater
GAC - Granular Activated Carbon
GAL - Gallon
GFI/GFCI - Ground Fault Interrupt/Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt
GH - General Hardness
GPH - Gallons per hour
HO - High Output
HOB - Hang-on back (usu. refer to filter)
KH - Carbonate Hardness
LED - Light-Emitting Diode
LFS - Local Fish Store
LHS - Local Hardware Store
LPS - Local Pet Store
Metro - Metronidazole
NADA - North American Discus Association
NIB - New in Box
pH - Used to measure acidity/alkalinity of a solution
PH - Powerhead, water pump
PM - Private Message (usually means in current forum)
PPM - Parts per million
Prazi - Praziquantel
Prime - Seachem Prime (sometimes generically as dechlorinator)
PU - Pick up
PVC: Poly vinyl chloride, used for piping / plumbing
PWC: Partial water change
QT - Quarantine
RFUG - Reverse Flow Undergravel Filter
RO - Reverse Osmosis
Safe - Seachem Safe (sometimes generically as dechlorinator)
SD - Simply Discus
SW - Salt Water
T5 - Type of fluorescent light bulb. New in aquarium hobby, high lumen output, energy efficient.
T5, T8, T12 - Type of fluorescent light bulb
TDS - Total dissolved solids
UG or UGF - Undergravel filter
UGJ - Undergravel Jet
UV - Ultraviolet
VHO - Very high output fluorescent light
WC - Water Change
WPG - Watts per gallon
WTB - Want to buy
WTS - Want to sell

Food

BBS - Baby Brine Shrimp
BH - Beef heart
BS - Brine Shrimp
BW - Blackworm or Bloodworm
CBW - California Blackworms
FBS - Frozen Brine Shrimp
FBW - Frozen Bloodworm
FDBdW - Freeze-dried blood worms
FDBkW -Freeze-dried black worms
FDBS - Freeze-dried brine shrimp
FDBW - Freeze-dried blood worms or Freeze dried black worm
FMS - Frozen Mysis Shrimp
SF - Seafood

Chemicals (Common to Aquaria)

Ca - Calcium
CaCl - Calcium Chloride
Cl - Chlorine
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
CO3 - Carbonate
Cu - Copper
CuC - Clean-up Crew
Fe - Iron
H20 - Water
H2O2 - Hydrogen Peroxide
I - Iodine
K - Potassium
KCl - Potassium Chloride
KI - Potassium Iodide
Mg - Magnesium
Na - Sodium
NaCl - Sodium Chloride, salt
NaCO3 - Sodium carbonate
NaOH - Sodium hydroxide
NH3 - Ammonia
NH4 - Ammonium
NO - Normal output fluorescent light
NO2 - Nitrite
NO3 - Nitrate
O2 - Oxygen
O3 - Ozone
P - Potassium Permanganate
P04 - Phosphate
Ti - Titanium

Diseases

Hex - Hexamita
HITH- Hole in the Head
ICH/ICK- Ichthyophthirius multifilis

[Skip]

WOW!! you must be very BORED ERIC!! LOL

ps.. you forgot
K.I.S.S.

keep it simple stupid ;)

[kevin joseph]

lol lmao ***

[kevin joseph]

great thred though for sure. i was lost when i first started reading threads. still am on some of the other forums about other fish.

[ericatdallas]

WOW!! you must be very BORED ERIC!! LOL

Sadly I am not.. I'm just a major procrastinator. I have to write 5 simulations by midnight.



ps.. you forgot
K.I.S.S.

keep it simple stupid ;)

I didn't want to put general internet lingo....

[ericatdallas]

Update (knew I would forget something, but how did I forget this one?)
BNP - Bristlenose pleco or Bushynose pleco (ancistrus)

Correction
PP - Potassium Permanganate

[atitagain]

Thanks, this is helpful and bookmarked.

[ericatdallas]

Brand
NLS - New Life Spectrum

[mmorris]

A$$ Albino Snakeskin :grin:

[ericatdallas]

DT - Display Tank

[ericatdallas]

I'm not sure DT is typically associated with "Deep Tank" in the Discus-world or even the Aquarium/Pond world. I think for "deep" tanks, people usually say "high (H)" or "tall".

I guess it's not really up to me to decide... oh wait, it's my thread, so... DENIED ;) j/k

[ericatdallas]

Just for Skip...http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?90014-UPS-for-your-discus-tank

UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply

(Typically used for computers, but there's no reason why it couldn't be used for aquariums except a typical system would not have enough stored energy to power aquariums for long).

[ericatdallas]

DOCS - dissolved organic compounds

[MPETERS]

Hi,

What a great help. I will be using it till I learn them.

Thanks,
Mike

[bigjohnson]

The expanded glossary will help, this is my first forum...i'm not even on facebook and don't text much either! i've got one for you all, i'm not sure if i'm "spelling" it correctly but you will get the jist (f$!!&sqot), seems like it's for words not suitable for print, just wanted to make sure. the thread i was reading, someone used it quite abit.

[Skip]

H*LL YES!!!

[bigjohnson]

got it, glad i'm not that out of it!

[shoveltrash]

you will get the jist (f$!!&sqot), seems like it's for words not suitable for print
OH MY GOD!!!! thank you so much for a *lightbulb* moment! I was reading some older posts and wondered ***? is something wrong with my computer????
now I know :D
LOL

[MPETERS]

This should be made into a Sticky!!! Great information

Mike

[ericatdallas]

This should be made into a Sticky!!! Great information

Mike

I was actually kind of surprised there wasn't already a sticky with the abbreviations that's why I made it.

The main site already has a list though, but it's not very complete, so it just needs to be updated ... http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/misc/articles/abbreviation.shtml

[MPETERS]

Hi,

Who do we have to contact to request that this be made a sticky??


Thanks,
Mike

[SeaDragon]

So helpful! Taken me forever to get the few I now know! I'm bookmarking this page in my computer of nothing else! Hopefully it gets made into a sticky.

[Stag]

Wow Eric, that really sums it up. Thanks for throwing that together. I know we take that knowledge for granted.

[shoveltrash]

yep, this is an invaluable resource! I've bookmarked it, thanks Eric :)

(ps - hi Stag, I'm in NC too!!!)

[Flygirl]

Great stuff, makes it soooo much easier when reading other posts. Especially when people are talking about the different strains with the abbreviations.

[timmac69]

This is awesome! (and very helpful...when I started reading threads, it was a bit like trying to learn Klingon! LOL...errrr...that stands for laugh out loud)

[SeaDragon]

What kind of Discus is a PBS?


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[fishaddiction]

Lol I'm not nearly as lost now

[Crab]

This is great! I just love it when I'm trying to find something out and I find the answer, only it goes like this- "All you have to do is put the KKG under the CT valve, buy a BNGD, (they're cheap) and place it all in your FBB. But whatever you do, NEVER leave the FLT set at PIJ or you will kill everything."
And I'm like,....."Thanks." :angry:

[hunterxzach14z]

definitely a good read! i will make sure to look back on this when i see something i dont know... cause i already know i will not remember all of that lol....

[MARVIC 1]

TY Eric for taking the time in putting this list together...:thumbsup:
I also needed this list of abbreviations, sure will help when I'm reading these high tech over my head informative messages.

[OC Discus]

Thanks Eric. Just found this :)

[Elliots]

Thanks Eric for a great job. I am sure if I did it I would leave out many entries. I want to add PFS= pool filter sand

[yquefue]

very nice= GFJ

[smudge]

WOW, I need to print this and keep it in front of me. Thanks for doing all the hard work so I don't have to.

[brianp69]

Very good reference material. I will remember this link..

[STANBNY]

I love this list.....
TY.

[Lilly]

Good morning ,

I am new to this forum and found this thread very helpful :) Not big into using abbreviation myself...but it is helpful to know what others are saying for sure.

Thank you!

[Dneitzelt]

just starting, this is a great help. better than trying to de-code every post

[ericNH]

What does "TOTE" stand for?

[nvladik]

What does "TOTE" stand for?

As in Rubbermaid Tote? if so, in this case it's just another word for container, not an acronym.

[ericNH]

lol i am a dumb-a**! Thx for the clarification.

[JulieM]

I really like the abbreviation list plus all the add ons, I will have to write it out (no printer) and keep it handy for future reference and I imagine there will be a lot of that. Thanks Julie

[Dahlyvh]

Thanks for sharing these abbreviations. Helpful.

[gardengoats]

I cant believe PP is used for potassium permanganate instead of KMnO4, but oh well. I've got to go make water or as some might say go PP.

[navarro1950]

Thank you ERIC for the abbreviations list. I'm new to forum simply discus the the extra help is really appreciated.

[Spike Cover]

Here are some net acronyms: http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php I love Google.

Spike

[Dean2386]

Great post, thanks!