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Posted: September 11 2004 at 8:22am |
For the new people and to help me catch any I've missed. How about a list of all the common Acronyms used around here.
Here's some I've caught so far:
Miscellaneous
WTB - Want To Buy
FS - For Sale
LFS - Local Fish Store
HOB - Hang On Back (usually referring to Skimmers/Refugiums)
FW/SW - FreshWater/Saltwater
Coral
SPS - Small Polyp Stoney
LPS - Large Polyp Stoney
Lighting
NO - Normal Output
VHO - Very High Output
MH - Metal Halide
There are tons more, spit em out everyone. 
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 8:44am |
LR - Live Rock
LS - Live Sand
LW - Live Water
FOWLR - Fish Only With Live Rock tank
LMB - Lawn Mower Blenny (an adorable fish that eats algae)
BTA - Bubble Tip Anemone
RBTA - Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
LTA - Long Tentacled Anemone
CB - Captive Bred
WC - Wild Caught
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 8:46am |
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Well there is probably no need to list the periodic table, but for common ones, what the heck....
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 8:59am |
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide (used in Calcium Reactors)
H20 - Hmm? Can't remember...
pH - Potential of Hydgrogen
Ca - Calcium
Alk - Alkalinity
CaCO2 and CaCO3 - Jon knows these (Calcium Carbonate?)
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 10:04am |
just saw this
BSD: Brine Shrimp Direct
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 10:19am |
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 10:21am |
OH sure, kill the thread in one shot! 
Thanks Corey
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 10:29am |
 Weimers wrote:
Co2 and Co3 - Jon knows these (Calcium Carbonate?)
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I'm no Jon Finch, but I believ this one should be CaCO2 and CaCO3. CO2 is listed above as Carbon Dioxide which is correct. It can't be both.
I never would have guessed that's what Ph meant. I thought it just stood for Ph.
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Posted: September 11 2004 at 10:44am |
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Fixed! Yeah, Hydrogen has a lot of potential. Sharing electrons, hangin' with the big dawgs on the periodic chart. Tends toward the base side gang or the acidic gang.
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 6:50am |
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LBTR- Lake Bonneville Tufa Rock
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 9:51am |
Suzy wrote:
LBTR- Lake Bonneville Tufa Rock |
HA!!! You won't find that Acronym at Reef Central.
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 7:34pm |
Ca++ = calcium
Alk = alkalinity
CO2 = carbon dioxide
CO3-- = carbonate (part of alkalinity)
HCO3- = bicarbonate (part of alkalinity)
CaCO3 = calcium carbonate sometimes called limestone, calcite or aragonite
H2O = water
H+ = hydrogen or more properly hydronium, H3O+
OH- = hydronium (part of alkalinity)
pH = (I hate "power of hydrogen") it's a measure of the H+ concentration. The p should always be lower case and the H uppercase.
Na+ = sodium
Cl- = chloride
SO4-- = sulfate
Mg++ = magnesium
K+ = potassium
Sr++ = strontium
B(OH)4 = borate (part of alkalinity)
NH3 = ammonia
NH4- = ammonium
NO2- = nitrite
NO3- = nitrate
PO4-- = phosphate
I2 = iodine
I- = iodide
IO3- = iodate
I've probably forgot some too...
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 7:36pm |
I think we should throw jfinch as an acronym on the list.
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 8:05pm |
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Jon, I put pH and its meaning above. It's potential of hydrogen.
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 8:16pm |
Renee- it's actually "power of the Hydrogen".
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 10:17pm |
You know... I don't know which it is. I'm pretty sure I was never told in college. It wasn't until I was long gone from classwork that some old coot told me it was "power/potential of hydrogen" . That is such an archaic term... Renee, you're not that old  .
pH is -log[H+] plain and simple
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 10:56pm |
PC = power compact fluoresent
This MB seems to have plenty of HA and wouldn't you know it, I'm the worst contributor!
Cool thread, btw
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Posted: September 12 2004 at 10:58pm |
jfinch wrote:
pH is -log[H+] plain and simple
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Really? It could be
pH=pKa + log(salt/acid)
pH= -log10[H3O+]
pH= 14 - pOH (at 25C)
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(and yes Jon I know this, but have no idea what my tank pH is)
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Posted: September 13 2004 at 5:53am |
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DOC= Dissolved Organic Compounds...AKA Skimmer Scum
SH=Seahorse
CAAB= Cute as a bug
To'tM, TOTM = Tank o' the Month
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Posted: September 13 2004 at 6:00am |
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