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Please be advised that ECC reserves the right to change,
amend, remove or add to the rules and policies listed below at any given time without prior notice.
Although the administrators and moderators of EastCoastCichlids will attempt
to keep all objectionable messages off this forum,
it is impossible for us to review all messages.
All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of EastCoastCichlids,
nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.
Regarding ECC Sanctioned and Non-Sanctioned Events:
On a monthly basis EastCoastCichlids.org, a not-for-profit site, holds events for you...the hobbyist.
Events such as Group Buys and Road Trips go to places that back ECC
or are sponsors or affiliates of ECC.
ECC does not sponsor or promote events for non-affiliated places or people, and we
(the members, Moderators, Administrators and Owner of ECC) are not to be held accountable for
any problems that might arise from such events.
Also note that ECC will also not allow any members to publicly blame,
accuse or embarrass any other members from any type
of transactions from either a sale or an event-
such matters should be handled between the parties privately.
What is expected of all ECC Registered Users:
You agree not to provide any Messages, Avatars, Titles, Signatures to the ECC forums that:
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obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violation of any law or regulation
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cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage,
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or expropriate any system, data or personal information
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Forum Rules, continued:
* "Impersonation," or assuming the character of another member by copying
his username and manner of writing, is not allowed.
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(1) harvesting retaliatory insults and flames, or
(2) throwing off the balance of the forum, is also disallowed.
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You also warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented,
hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.
The owners and staff of EastCoastCichlids reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.
ECC reserves the right to change,
amend, remove or add to the rules and policies listed above at any given time without prior notice.

Although the administrators and moderators of EastCoastCichlids will attempt to keep all objectionable
messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages.
All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of EastCoastCichlids,
nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

On a monthly basis EastCoastCichlids.org, a not-for-profit site, holds events for you...the hobbyist.
Events such as Group Buys and Road Trips go to places that back ECC or are sponsors or affiliates of ECC.
ECC does not sponsor or promote events for non-affiliated places or people, and we
(the members, Moderators, Administrators and Owner of ECC) are not to be held accountable for any problems that might arise from such events.
Also note that ECC will also not allow any members to publicly blame,
accuse or embarrass any other members from any type of transactions from either a sale or an event-
such matters should be handled between the parties privately.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene,
vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The owners of EastCoastCichlids reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.