Ever wondered what a FOWLR is? Well here's a list of various aquarist abbreviations and their english equivilants.
##g - refers to tank size, ex: 10g would be a 10 gallon aquarium
AC - AquaClear hang on the back power filter
AGA - All Glass Aquariums
BB - Bare Bottom
BGA - Blue Green Algae
BGK - Black Ghost Knife
BI - Betta Imbellis
BS - Brine Shrimp, or Betta Splendens
BTA - Bubble Tip Anemone
CB - Captive Bred, or Copperband Butterfly
CC - Crushed Coral substrate
CSO - Continuous Siphon Overflow
CT - CrownTail Betta
DI - Deionisation, type of water purification
DIY - Do It Yourself
DOA - Dead On Arrival
DOC - Dissolved Organic Compounds
DSB - Deep Sand Bed
DT - Commonly DoubleTail Betta, Uncommonly DeltaTail Betta
FM - Fire Mouth
FO - Fish Only, freshwater or saltwater tank stocked with fish only.
FOWLR - Fish Only With Live Rock, saltwater tank stocked with fish and live rock.
FOWP - Fish Only With Plants, freshwater or saltwater tank stocked with fish and plants only.
FW - Fresh Water, as in Freshwater Aquarium.
GF - Goldfish
GPH - Gallons Per Hour
GS - Green OR Gold Severum
GSP - Green Spotted Puffer
GT - Green Terror
H2O - water
[b]HM - Halfmoon Betta
HMPK - Halfmoon Plakat Betta
HO - High Output lighting
HOB - Hang On Back filter
JD - Jack Dempsey
KH - referrs to water hardness
LFS - Local Fish Store, this is your neighborhood pet store.
LPS - Large Polyped Stoney coral
LR - Live Rock
LS - Live Sand
MFS - Mutiple Fish Syndrome
MH - Metal Halide lighting
MTS - Malaysian Trumpet Snail, or Mutiple Tank Syndrome
NO - Normal Output lighting
O - Oscar
pH - the alkalinity or acidity of the water
PH - Power Head
PK - Plakat Betta
PC - PowerCompact fluorescent lighting
RD - Red Devil
RO - Reverse Osmosis water (pure H2O with no contaminants)
RO/DI - combonation of both reverse osmosis and deionisation
ROW - Reverse Osmosis Water (pure H2O with no contaminants)
SAE - Siamese Algae Eater
SD - Super Deltatail Betta
SG - Specific Gravity, refers to the salinity of water
SPS - Small Polyped Stoney coral
ST - Single Tail Betta
SW - SaltWater, as in Saltwater Aquarium.
TB - Tiger Barb OR Tuberculosis
TT - Triple Tail
UGF - Under Gravel Filter
VHO - Very High Output lighting
VT - VeilTail Betta
I know we've missed some, so please post yours here.
ACF - African Clawed Frog
ADF - Aquatic Dwarf Frog
HM - Halfmoon Betta
PK - Plakat Betta
HMPK - Halfmoon Plakat Betta
CT - CrownTail Betta
VT - VeilTail Betta
DT - Commonly abbreviated to be DoubleTail Betta
DT - Uncommonly abbreviated to be DeltaTail Betta
SD - Super Deltatail Betta
ST - Single Tail Betta
GT - Green Terror
GS - Green OR Gold Severum
JD - Jack Dempsey
O - Oscar
RD - Red Devil
FM - Fire Mouth
I have some more:
ALK Alkalinity, Alkaline
BTA Bubble Tip Anemone
Ca Calcium
DAA Dead After Arrival
DOC Dissolved Organic Compounds
DOS Dissolved Organic Solids
FTS Full Tank Shot.
GSP Green Star Polyps
IMHO In My Honest Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
NO2 Nitrite
NO3 Nitrate
NSW Natural Sea Water
PPM Parts Per Million
SG Specific Gravity
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
W/C Water Change
MTS -Multiple Tank Syndrome.
Doctor - You might want to sit down for this...
All the tests show that you have incureable
Multiple Tank Syndrome...Sigh. :D