This page provides suggestions and guidelines for making contributions to the AquariumReference.org website. This website is made possible by individual contributions and I am always looking for new photographs and articles, as well as, comments and suggestions on improving the quality of this website.

Thank you in advance for your contributions.

Comments and Suggestions • Article Submission • Photograph Submission
Photographer Credits • Photograph Removal • Copyrights

Comments and Suggestions

If you would like to make general comments or suggestions about this website you can send me an e-mail. My goal is to make this website as complete and accurate as possible and I especially appreciate comments regarding incorrect or missing information. When making comments pertaining to material in the Species Library, please be as specific as possible. Whenever possible, mention accurate Family Names and/or Species Names and when making comments about photographs in the library, please mention the species name and the photograph's ID number that always appears with the photograph.

Article Submission

To submit an article you must be the original author. To submit an article please send me an e-mail with a copy of, or link to, the article. Submitted articles remain copyrighted by the author and I will publish articles according to the author's guidelines. I reserve the right to select which articles I publish.

Photograph Submission

If you are an underwater photographer or have some great photographs of the animals in your tank I hope that you will consider sharing your photographs with your fellow hobbyist. By submitting your photographs to the library you will be helping to educate and entertain people who share your passion as well as enjoying some personal exposure for your work.

I know that you, the original photographer, often went through great pains and effort to get that 'spectacular shot' and deserve all of the credit and recognition possible. All photographs submitted to the library remain copyrighted by the original photographer. Before submitting photographs to the library I encourage you to put an unobtrusive, but legible, copyright notice in them. And at your request I can do this for you.

To submit a photograph to the library, please answer the following questions and send me an e-mail with the photograph as an attached file. Please answer the questions as completely and accurately as possible.

• What is your name?

• Are you the original photographer?

• Would you like us to list an e-mail address so people may contact you?
  If so, what is it?

• Do you have a website that you would like us to list?
  If so, what is it?

• What is the species name?

• What family is the species in?

• Where was the photograph taken?

• What date was it taken?

• At what water depth?

• What equipment was used (camera, film, strobe)?

• Do you have any comments that you would like to include with the photograph?

• Would you like us to put a copyright notice on your photograph?

I do ask that all photographs submitted be as high quality as possible.

I reserve the right to select which photographs are included in the library and to remove photographs from the library as I see fit.

Photographer Credits

The photographs in the Species Library have been collected from a variety of sources, including the Internet. All photographs are either, being used with permission, or to the best of my knowledge are in the public domain. I have tried to give photographers credit whenever possible, unfortunately this information has not always been available. If you are the original photographer of a photograph in this library and you have not been given credit, please e-mail me and I will give you the recognition you deserve. You may want to read the Photograph Submission section above and resubmit your photograph. This helps me to verify that you are the original photographer and allows you to put a copyright notice in your photograph. When submitting a photograph that already exists in the library, please let me know that you are the original photographer of a photograph that is already in the library and that you would like it replaced with a new photograph. Whenever mentioning a photograph in the library please mention the species name and the photograph's ID number that always appears with the photograph.

Photograph Removal

If you are the original photographer of a photograph in the library and you would like to have it removed from the library, first of all I hope you'll reconsider having your photograph removed. Your photograph helps to educate and entertain many, many hobbyists (thousands per day). If I have included your photograph in error and without your permission, I apologize. It is not my intention to use copyrighted material without the owners permission. If you sincerely want your photograph removed please e-mail me and I will promptly remove it.

Copyrights

All material in this website is copyrighted by AquariumReference.org. unless otherwise stated. All photographs are copyrighted by the original photographer. All articles are copyrighted by the original author. All materials are protected by international copyright laws and may not be used or reproduced in any manner without permission from the original photographer or author. All photographs are either being used with permission or to the best of my knowledge are in the Public Domain.