Urban Reefing Dictionary

[SeymourDuncan]

Condylactis: (n) a cheap species of anemone that is nearly 100% incompatible with everything
To the unenthusiast: Condoleeza Rice

Farm: (n) a facility that grows corals, not corn




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[Gladfelter]

AI- A producer of Aquarium LEDS.

Not Artificial Intelligence bent on enslaving mankind

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[kateater]

Heavy Flow - Turbulent water in the aquarium constantly, not just every 28 days

Haha

 

[SeymourDuncan]

Hermit: (n) a small species of crab that lives in a stolen shell for protection.
To the unenthusiast: what they call us when we spend weeks at a time messing or staring at our aquariums.

Sally light foot: (n) a long legged spider crab
To the unenthusiast: a fast dancing woman

Hair algae: (n) nuisance algae that grows on the rocks due to incorrect lighting or dirty water
To the unenthusiast: the coat of nasty on a sloths back

Grafting: (v) the act of splicing 2 corals together to give the illusion of mulitcolored pieces not found in the wild
To the unenthusiast: a way to hybridize plants like apple trees.

Bleaching: (v) when a coral or anemone is losing its symbiotic algae due to stress, incorrect lighting, or disease
To the unenthusiast: dying or high listing hair a lighter color

Media: (n) anything that is or can be used as a filter.
To the unenthusiast: music, movies, TV, book on cd, or anything like that




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[SeymourDuncan]

Screen: (n) a white plastic screen roughed up with a circular saw to be used in an algae scrubber as the grow bed for hair algae
To the unenthusiast: what keeps bugs from getting through open windows or a test.

Air stone: (n) in saltwater, a block of wood with tiny pours that allows the pumping of micro bubbles into a protein skimmer.
To the unenthusiast: a meteor! Get out of the way!!! Also confused with a Boeing Bomb aka frozen airplane poop ball, seen and cared for by Joe Dirt (deer-Tay)

Bloat: (n) a condition where a fish cannot digest food for some reason, generally due to feeding too early after acclimation. Common in lionfish
To the unenthusiast: how you feel after dinner

Ich: A tiny parasite that lodges into the flesh of fish and reproduces in mass quantities. Treated with hypo salinity or copper, the only way to rid your display tank is to remove ALL FISH for 2 months regardless of the fish in quarantines progress
To the unenthusiast: a reaction to something gross




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[SeymourDuncan]

Marine velvet: (n) another parasite similar to ich as far as treatment.
To the unenthusiast: soft military cloth




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[SeymourDuncan]

Surge device: (n) a device of any kind that produces a surge of liquid or a wave. Aquarium applications are to make waves or feed algae scrubbers.

To the unenthusiast: something that electrocutes the wet soil to coax worms into surfacing to collect as bait, or a fountain pop machine that only dispenses Surge.

LFS- Local fish store, shop, shoppe, or stop.
To the unenthusiast: An option for a car, like LTD, GTP, S/S, 4x4, or AC





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[SeymourDuncan]

Mussel: (n) a bivalve that lives in the rocks and resembles a clam or oyster

To the unenthusiast: a body movement organ such as a bicep...come on! Haven't you had sea food?

Seafood: when you open your mouth and show people your chewed up food.


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[SeymourDuncan]

Cyano: (n) a slimy bacteria that can cover nearly everything. Definitely a sign of dirty something!
To the unethusiast: a rapper name

Dinoflagellates: (n) a unicellular protist that ranges from a photosynthetic type all the way to fish eating parasites.
To the unethusiast: a giant extinct lizard

Gas exchange: (v) the act of molecular swapping of gasses in the water column.
To the unenthusiast: having a fart contest...PPPPpppppfffFfffFFFFfffffttt


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[SeymourDuncan]

SPS: (n) small polyp stony coral.
To the unenthusiast: a degree of sun protection. (SPF)

Cash: (?) I have none, its all in my tank!
To the unenthusiast: I don't know they won't give me any!

Credit cards: (n) a glass scraper
To the unenthusiast: How they bought all those nice things




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[SeymourDuncan]

Reef Safe: (adj) any animal that will live in harmony with your reef aquarium.
To the unenthusiast: refers to level of electrical dangers on a Christmas reef or wreath.

Sand squat: (n) the position of your body when observing your sand bed
To the unenthusiast: what you do when there is no public restroom on the beach


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[revhtree Verified Admin]

Thought I would bump this to the top!

 

[Railcar79]

Acro: (n) small polyp stony coral.
To the unenthusiast: the flippy stuff people do at the olympics and circus, sometimes involving trapeeze