Translation please

[Landfillsrule]

Hey sweet clean people. Just joined the site a couple of days ago and I love it. Tons of great information here.

My only problem is that I'm not hip to all the acronyms being thrown around. There woulddn't happen to be a beginer's guide to chat room talk would there?

LFS?
IMHO?

[NeonJulie]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong:

LFS - Local Fish Store
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion, see also In My Opinion
MTS - Multi Tank Syndrome
FWIW - For What It's Worth (not sure why people can't spell that out?)

[Landfillsrule]

thanks for the help. I was feeling like Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam when he was getting swarmed with military lingo.

[Squawkbert]

MTS also = Malaysian Trumpet Snail

afaik = as far as I know

ymmv = your mileage may vary

[Yash]

Here's a couple more for you ...

LR = Live Rock
FOWLR = Fish Only With Live Rock
DSB = Deep Sand Bed

Cheers!
Yash

[Uncarved Block]

MH = Metal halide lights
PC = Power Compacts

QT = quarantine (tank)


Here, a yellow lab is not a dog, its a fish (a cichlid I think)

[fsn77]

Here's a link (http://reefcentral.com/modules.php?s=&name=Encyclopedia&op=terms&eid=2&ltr=all) to some that are sw specific...

...and another (http://www.fishtankforums.com/2-fish-tank-forums-general/137-aquarium-acronyms.html#post5216)...

...and just in case those don't cover it, one more (http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/misc/acronyma-e.html).

[Max]

Hmm, I thought that IMHO was in my honest opinion LOL

[NeonJulie]

Maybe it's just me then! :O

[Max]

Nope, it's not you Julie it looks to me like it could go either way.:)