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Old October 12th 03, 04:22 PM
Tom Burns
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Would anyone be so kind as to either post or point me to a place I can
find the meanings for all the acronyms you experts/smarty pants (-: use
all the time?

As a newbie there are still some I can't figure out (especially with
respect to the corals).

SPS,FOLR,LSD,PHD,XTC, etc.

Thanks



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Old October 12th 03, 05:20 PM
Dragon Slayer
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As a newbie there are still some I can't figure out (especially with
respect to the corals).

SPS,FOLR,LSD,PHD,XTC, etc.


i dont know a specifis place that list them all but others
might.............

sps = small polyped stony coral
folr = (fowlr maybe?) fish only with live rock
lsd = drugs man, gotta have drugs
phd = the guy who takes the most lsd
xtc = what you fell after taking the drugs
etc. = keep taking the drugs.........


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Old October 14th 03, 05:13 PM
CapFusion
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[snip]
sps = small polyped stony coral
folr = (fowlr maybe?) fish only with live rock
lsd = drugs man, gotta have drugs
phd = the guy who takes the most lsd
xtc = what you fell after taking the drugs
etc. = keep taking the drugs.........


[/snip]
Heehe..... very funny. I Liiiike it.
Almost got my java spew out of my nose after read your post.

CapFusion,...


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Old October 12th 03, 05:26 PM
Marc Levenson
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Hi Tom,

These are the ones I tend to use the most:

LFS - Local Fish Store
LS - Live Sand
LR - Live Rock
LOL - laugh out loud
BTW - by the way
HTH - Hope that Helps
PS - protein skimmer
FOWLR - Fish Only with Live Rock
SPS - Small Polyped Stony coral. (these are the 'hard' (calcium-based) corals)
ie: acropora
LPS - Large Polyped Stony coral (hard base, soft tissued creature) ie:
frogspawn
NO - Normal Output Fluorescent lighting
PC - Power Compact Lighting
MH - Metal Halide Lighting
K - Kelvin (rating for a light bulb)

Then you may see some periodic table codes like
NO3 - Nitrates
PO4 - Phosphates
etc...

HTH

Marc


Tom Burns wrote:

Would anyone be so kind as to either post or point me to a place I can
find the meanings for all the acronyms you experts/smarty pants (-: use
all the time?

As a newbie there are still some I can't figure out (especially with
respect to the corals).

SPS,FOLR,LSD,PHD,XTC, etc.

Thanks


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Old October 12th 03, 05:40 PM
bphelps
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Go to reefcentral.com's home page and goto the bottom, there is a list of
acronyms.
"Tom Burns" wrote in message
...
Would anyone be so kind as to either post or point me to a place I can
find the meanings for all the acronyms you experts/smarty pants (-: use
all the time?

As a newbie there are still some I can't figure out (especially with
respect to the corals).

SPS,FOLR,LSD,PHD,XTC, etc.

Thanks





 




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