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    Arrow Common abbreviations and terms used in AQ

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    Please post comments and contributions to this other thread.

    Please note that AQ does not encourage the use of SMS lingo for postings. It is not reader friendly and important information might be missed if the reader cannot decipher the meaning of the SMS short hands. We do not have a maximum number of characters limitation, so, please spell fully and properly. Examples of SMS lingo discouraged for use in AQ include: 'u' for you, '2' for 'too', 'wat' for 'what', 'e' for 'the', 'kinda' for 'kind of', for example.

    However, to ease typing, there is a list of commonly and acceptable list of abbreviations and terms that is used in AQ.

    To avoid confusion, please go through the list and post in the above mentioned link if you think more should be added.

    Flora, including algae
    1. BBA - Black-Brush Algae
    2. BGA - Blue-Green Algae
    3. HC - Hemianthus callitrichoides
    4. MM - Hemianthus micranthemoides
    5. APP - Ah Pek Plant, aka Elatine triandra
    6. HG - Hair Grass
    7. ET - Echinodoras tenellus[/B]

    Fauna
    1. BB - Beneficial Bacteria
    2. SAE - Siamese Algae Eater
    3. BS - Brineshrimp
    4. BBS - Baby Brineshrimp

    Fertilization and Fertilizers (Also refer to this list for chemical symbols used frequently)
    1. PMDD - Poor Man's Dupla Drops
    2. EI - Estimative Index
    3. PPM - Parts per million

    Equipment
    1. HOT - Hang On Tank
    2. T5 HO - High Output T5 light tubes
    3. T5 NO - Normal Output T5 light tubes
    4. FL - Fluorescent Lights tubes
    5. PL - Compact light tubes
    6. DW - Driftwood

    General terms used, including acceptable short forms for posting in AQ
    1. WC - Water Change
    2. AC - Anti-Chlorine
    3. LFS - Local Fish Shop
    4. NTS - New Tank Syndrome
    5. IMHO - In my humble opinion
    6. IMO - In my opinion
    7. IME - In my experience
    8. IIRC - If I remembered correctly
    9. YMMV - Your milleage may vary
    10. YMWV - Your milleage will vary
    11. BTW - By the way

    General terms used that are not abbreviated but accepted
    1. Yrs - Years
    2. Temp - Temperature
    3. Eg. - Example
    4. Fellas - Fellows
    5. Apisto(s) - Apistogramma, genus name for the majority of dwarf chcilids from South America
    Last edited by Justikanz; 1st Feb 2008 at 23:09.
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    Dear fellow AQ members

    You are encouraged to kindly read the above post and this before posting.

    Please post comments and contributions to the above list by going to this other thread.

    We look forward to your contributions.
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    I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted! ), C.nurii, C.parva, C.pygmaea(Melted! ), C.tonkinensis(Melted! ), C.walkeri, C.wendtii 'Brown', C.wendtii 'Green', C.wendtii 'Green Gecko', C.wendtii 'Tropica' and Cryptocoryne x willisii

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