glossary of terms

a lot of people dont know what different terms or abbreviations mean so here is a good glossary for explanation on these

http://fins.actwin.com/glossary.php

this site has meanings and abbrevieations also

http://www.reefcorner.com/dictionary.htm

 

cool!

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these links are awesome for newbies, thanx a lot, i was able to finaly figure out some abreviations u guys used!!!!

 

hehe thats what they are there for turbo  ;D enjoy

 

Good info Karlas, Thanks!!

CowboyUp [smiley=cowboy.gif]

 

Karlas,
Great references. Let's take this a step further: Post the abbreviations or terms that are causing difficulty. Others can chime in and provide definitions. Then future users can use the 3Reef.com search tool to find the terms. Here's some that had me baffled, but I've since figured out.
(If others have better definitions, please add them.)

Actinic -- a type of fluorescent light. Blue in color.
FO -- Fish Only
FOWLR -- Fish Only With Live Rock
LFS -- Local Fish Store
Sump -- A container holding water, usually under the main fish tank
Refugium -- a refuge, usually for holding algae and live food creatures
RO/DI -- Reverse Osmosis, de-ionization

 

I'll add another term:

TDS meter -- Total Disolved ????

 

TDS= Total Disolved Solids.

Cindy

 

Karlas has not been on the 3reef site for about a year now but I'm sure he would appreciate your praise.

 

Reef Aquarium Acronyms

SAW39 thanks for bringing this up. We lost our acronym page when we switched over to the new forum. I need to bring that back. It has a submit option.. it was pretty cool. I will bump it up higher on my list now that you reminded me and get it up asap. (as soon as possible ;D )