1. Welcome to Aquarium Space! We are a friendly online community for aquarium owners all over the world who love their tanks including their fish, reefs, corals, invertebrates and their aquatic livestock. If you haven't joined yet, we invite you to register and join our community!

Terms of Service and Rules

Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

1. Acceptance of Terms of Use and Amendments.

Each time you use or cause access to this web site (hereinafter also “we” or “us” or “AquariumSpace.com”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, and as amended from time to time with or without notice to you. In addition, if you are using a particular service on or through this web site, you will be subject to any rules or guidelines applicable to those services and they shall be incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use, including our Privacy Policy and and Legal Disclaimer, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference.

2. Our Service and our Content.

Our web site and services provided to you on and through our web site on an “AS IS” basis.You agree that the owners of this web site or any other provider of services, exclusively reserve the right and may, at any time and without notice and any liability to you, modify or discontinue this web site and its services or delete the data you provide, whether temporarily or permanently. We shall have no responsibility or liability for the timeliness, deletion, failure to store, inaccuracy, or improper delivery of any data or information.

A. The use of our web site and our services is not intended to and does not create a privileged or confidential relationship between any users of our service, including any providers of information. Contacting any other user, member, third party, or other party is solely at the discretion of the user / communicator. Agreements for or regarding services are and must be done outside the scope of our services and are strictly between that person and the provider of the services, not AquariumSpace.com. Any and all information that is contained on or made available through our web site and services is not intended to and does not constitute professional advice or counseling under any circumstance. Accordingly, AquariumSpace.com and any user, member or provider of information on or through our web site and service does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, adequacy or currency of the information contained in or linked from our web site. All users of this service, are solely responsible for compliance with all laws and regulations governing their use of this web site and service.

B. Nothing submitted to our web site or service is treated as confidential. Communications to and from this web site are not secure and subject to the same risks of interception and security that exists on the Internet. It is in your best interests not to disclose any privileged, confidential or other valuable private information when using our web site and service.

C. Limited Use of Our Content. Unless otherwise stated explicitly, all of our content made available is for personal, non-commercial use only. There are no republishing rights provided unless we explicitly provide them in writing or otherwise permitted by law. This means that you are not permitted to use, display or publish our content elsewhere. Any RSS feeds we provide are for personal use only, for use on your own personal devices, unless we explicitly state otherwise.

3. Your Responsibilities and Registration Obligations.

In order to use this web site, you must register on our site, agree to provide truthful information when requested, and be at least the age of thirteen (13) or older. When registering, you explicitly agree to our Terms of Use and as may be modified by us from time to time and available here.

4. Privacy Policy.

Registration data and other personally identifiable information that we may collect is subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy and .

5. Registration and Password.

You are responsible to maintain the confidentiality of your password and shall be responsible for all uses via your registration and/or login, whether authorized or unauthorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use or your registration, user account or password.

6. Your Conduct.

You agree that all information or data of any kind, whether text, software, code, music or sound, photographs or graphics, video or other materials (“Content”), publicly or privately provided, shall be the sole responsibility of the person providing the Content or the person whose user account is used. You agree that our web site may expose you to Content that may be objectionable or offensive. We shall not be responsible to you in any way for the Content that appears on this web site nor for any error or omission.

You explicitly agree, in using this web site or any service provided, that you shall not:

(a) provide any Content or perform any conduct that may be unlawful, illegal, threatening, harmful, abusive, harassing, stalking, tortious, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene, offensive, objectionable, pornographic, designed to or does interfere or interrupt this web site or any service provided, infected with a virus or other destructive or deleterious programming routine, give rise to civil or criminal liability, or which may violate an applicable local, national or international law; (b) impersonate or misrepresent your association with any person or entity, or forge or otherwise seek to conceal or misrepresent the origin of any Content provided by you; (c) collect or harvest any data about other users; (d) provide or use this web site and any Content or service in any commercial manner or in any manner that would involve junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of unauthorized advertising without our prior written consent; (e) solicit or otherwise use this web site or any of the information or data that appears on this web site, for any commercial activity without the prior written consent of AquariumSpace.com, including solicitation of users on this web site or provision of any goods or services. (f) provide any Content that may give rise to our civil or criminal liability or which may constitute or be considered a violation of any local, national or international law, including but not limited to laws relating to copyright, trademark, patent, or trade secrets, (g) use ad-blocking technology nor use any means which may alter the appearance of our website or other service so that our advertisements or promotions do not appear.

7. Submission of Content on or through this Web Site.

By providing any Content to our web site: (a) you agree to grant to us an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive right and license (including any moral rights or other necessary rights) to use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, perform, promote, archive, translate, sell and to create derivative works and compilations, in whole or in part. Such license will apply with respect to any form, media, technology known or later developed; (b) you warrant and represent that you have all legal, moral, and other rights that may be necessary to grant us with the license set forth in this Section 7; (c) you acknowledge and agree that we shall have the right (but not obligation), in our sole discretion, to refuse to publish or to remove or block access to any Content you provide at any time and for any reason, with or without notice.

8. Third Party Services.

Goods and services of third parties may be advertised and/or made available on or through this web site. Representations made regarding products and services provided by third parties are governed by the policies and representations made by these third parties. We shall not be liable for or responsible in any manner for any of your dealings or interaction with third parties.

9. Indemnification.

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless, our subsidiaries, affiliates, related parties, officers, directors, employees, agents, independent contractors, advertisers, partners, and co-branders from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, that may be made by any third party, that is due to or arising out of your conduct or connection with this web site or service, your provision of Content, your violation of this Terms of Use or any other violation of the rights of another person or party.

10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND ANY SERVICES OR CONTENT PROVIDED (THE “SERVICE”) IS MADE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED TO YOU AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WE MAKE NO WARRANTY, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, THAT ANY PART OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OF ANY QUALITY, NOR THAT ANY CONTENT IS SAFE IN ANY MANNER FOR DOWNLOAD. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER US NOR ANY PARTICIPANT IN THE SERVICE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND AND THAT USE OF SUCH ADVICE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK AND WITHOUT OUR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND.

Some jurisdictions may not allow disclaimers of implied warranties and the above disclaimer may not apply to you only as it relates to implied warranties.

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF (I) THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, (II) THE COST TO OBTAIN SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND/OR SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY TRANSACTION ENTERED INTO ON THROUGH THE SERVICE, (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR DATA TRANSMISSIONS, (IV) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE, OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.

In some jurisdictions, it is not permitted to limit liability and therefore such limitations may not apply to you.

12. Reservation of Rights.

We reserve all of our rights, including but not limited to any and all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other proprietary right that we may have in our web site, its content, and the goods and services that may be provided. The use of our rights and property requires our prior written consent. We are not providing you with any implied or express licenses or rights by making services available to you and you will have no rights to make any commercial uses of our web site or service without our prior written consent.

13. Notification of Copyright Infringement.

If you believe that your property has been used in any way that would be considered copyright infringement or a violation of your intellectual property rights, our copyright agent may be contacted at website at AquariumSpace.com dot come - or use our contact form.

E-mail: Please use our Support Center.

14. Applicable Law.

You agree that this Terms of Use and any dispute arising out of your use of this web site or our products or services shall be governed by and construed in according with AquariumSpace.coms of New York State, located in the United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. By registering or using this web site and service you consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the appropriate courts located in New York County in New York State, USA.

15. Miscellaneous Information.

(i) In the event that this Terms of Use conflicts with any law under which any provision may be held invalid by a court with jurisdiction over the parties, such provision will be interpreted to reflect the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of this Terms of Use will remain valid and intact; (ii) The failure of either party to assert any right under this Terms of Use shall not be considered a waiver of any that party’s right and that right will remain in full force and effect; (iii) You agree that without regard to any statue or contrary law that any claim or cause arising out of this web site or its services must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause arose or the claim shall be forever barred; (iv) We may assign our rights and obligations under this Terms of Use and we shall be relieved of any further obligation.

Privacy Policy

We take your right to privacy seriously and want you to feel comfortable using our web site. This Privacy Policy deals with personally identifiable information (referred to as “Data” below) that may be collected by us on AquariumSpace.com. This Policy does not apply to other entities that we do not own or control or persons that are not our employees, agents or within our control. You may also wish to review our Terms of Use.

Privacy Policy

Table of Contents
1. Collection of Data
2. Use of Data
3. Cookies
4. Children
5. Managing Your Data, E-Mail Notifications and Subscriptions
6. Changes to this Privacy Policy
7. Contact Information

Our registration process requires only a valid e-mail address and creation of a unique user ID and password. Providing us with other information is at your option, including information that you may enter in any chat room or messaging forums that we may make available. Note that your user name and e-mail address may contain your real name. Like most other web sites, we may also automatically receive general information that is contained in our server log files such as your IP address and cookie information. Information about how we serve advertising is set forth below.

a. Case Reviews: Filling out a case review on our site means that you are subject to the case review terms of service. These case reviews are either passed along to us internally where we share your information with attorneys within our network. We also work with third parties, such as IM Solutions, who collect your data in their widgets and share your information with their network of attorneys for the purpose of finding you an attorney who can review your case. You can read more about their affiliate program on their site.

2. Use of Data

We may use Data to customize and improve your user experience on this site. Data is generally not be provided to third parties (if you have received spam advertising then it is highly unlikely that the source is our web site) unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy; (ii) we obtain your consent, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out to the sharing of Data; (iii) a service provided on our site requires the interaction with or is provided by a third party; (iv) pursuant to the legal process or law enforcement; (v) within our discretion we find that an item or service may be of benefit; (vi) we find that your use of this site violates our this Policy, Terms of Service, or other usage guidelines or as deemed reasonably necessary by us to protect our legal rights or property; (vii) this site is purchased by a third party whereby the purchaser will then be substituted for us; or (viii) the Data or information provided is not specifically personally identifiable or may be part of general statistical information (e.g. 20% of our users live in the southwest area of the USA). In the event you choose to use links that appear on our site to visit other web sites, you are advised to read the privacy policies that appear on those sites.

3. Cookies

Like many web sites, we set and use cookies to enhance your user experience, such as retaining your personal settings. Advertisements that appears on this web site may set and access cookies on your computer and is subject to the privacy policy of those parties providing the advertisement. However, the companies serving the advertising do not have access to our cookies. These companies may use non-personally identifiable numbers to obtain information about your visits to our site and you can click here to find out more information about this practice and to know your options about not having this information used.

Our site may use the following affiliate programs and advertising based services: Amazon.com, Google, Commission Junction and DoubleClick and potentially other third party advertisers to serve or track advertising that appears on our site. You can find out more information about these affiliate programs at these sites.

4. Children

We do not allow persons who are ages thirteen or younger to become members of this site. For more information, please contact us or e-mail our administrator.

5. Managing Your Data, E-Mail Notifications and Subscriptions

We provide you with the ability to manage the information in your user account that you provided to us in registration, including subscriptions to any newsletter you have selected or opted to receive, by using the “user control panel.” Request for further editing or deletion of your user account can be accomplished by sending email via our Support Center. Content or other data that you may have provided to us, such as those that which may appear in our forums, may continue to remain on our site even though your user account may be deleted. Please see our Terms of Use for more details. Below is a complete list of URLs where you can modify your settings, preferences and subscriptions.

6. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this Policy from time to time. Please make sure that you periodically check the terms and conditions of this web site and our policies. We attempt to make clear disclosures to you when such material changes are made.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Policy or our web site, please feel free to contact us as provided on this web site in the footer.