Terms of Service

Effective Date: April 27, 2026

Welcome to ARC Reef (https://arcreef.com). By accessing our website, purchasing our products, or utilizing our biological data, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service (“Terms”). These Terms apply to all users of the site, including browsers, vendors, B2C customers, and B2B institutional researchers.

1. Biological & Pharmacological Disclaimer

ARC Reef operates a federally licensed aquaculture facility and marine research laboratory. The products sold on this domain—including but not limited to Coralline Algae spores, nitrifying bacteria, marine aquascaping rock, and related chemical supplements—are strictly for use in marine aquariums, aquaculture environments, and controlled laboratory research.

  • Non-Human Consumption: Under no circumstances are any ARC Reef biological or chemical products intended for human or domestic animal consumption.
  • Closed-System Liability: Marine aquariums are complex, highly volatile chemical ecosystems. While our products are extensively tested and verified for efficacy, ARC Reef assumes no liability for the loss of livestock, coral mortality, or system crashes resulting from the introduction of our products into your specific biological baseline. The end-user assumes all risk associated with altering their water chemistry and biological filtration.

2. Institutional Research & B2B Engagements

ARC Reef provides specialized biological payloads, single-species isolates, and custom physical infrastructure to universities, government agencies, and independent laboratories. Engagements of this nature are subject to the following strict operational constraints:

  • Intellectual Property of Strains: All living biological isolates, coralline spores, and bacterial matrices supplied by ARC Reef remain the intellectual property of ARC Reef. Institutional buyers are expressly prohibited from reverse-engineering, commercially propagating, or reselling ARC Reef biological strains without a formalized, written licensing agreement.
  • Research Confidentiality: As outlined in our Privacy Policy, ARC Reef maintains absolute confidentiality regarding the nature of our clients’ academic studies and custom payload requests, functioning strictly as a secure biological supplier.
  • Compliance & Containment: Institutions purchasing native-only or quarantined species for settlement studies assume total legal responsibility for adhering to their local environmental regulations, EEZ restrictions, and bio-security containment protocols.

3. Intellectual Property & Copyright

The ARC Reef brand, the physical designs of our proprietary products (such as the Reef Stacker system), our customized methodologies, and all site content are legally protected assets.

  • Site Content: All text, graphics, logos, high-resolution underwater imagery, and scientific documentation on this domain are the exclusive property of ARC Reef and are protected by international copyright laws.
  • Usage Restrictions: You may not systematically extract, reproduce, or scrape data, product descriptions, or imagery from this website for commercial use or competitor analysis.

4. E-Commerce Parameters & Refusal of Service

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time, particularly if we suspect fraudulent activity, intent to reverse-engineer our products, or violation of aquaculture transport regulations.

  • Pricing & Modifications: Prices for our physical and biological products are subject to change without notice. We shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of a product line.
  • Logistical Policies: By executing a purchase, you legally bind yourself to the constraints outlined in our dedicated Return Policy & Biological Transit Guarantee.

5. User-Generated Content & Media Submissions

If you submit specific materials (e.g., reviews, photographs of your aquascape, or DOA claim imagery) via email, site upload, or social media, you grant ARC Reef a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual right to use, reproduce, and publish those assets in our marketing and educational literature.

6. Limitation of Liability

In no case shall ARC Reef, our directors, officers, biologists, employees, affiliates, or suppliers be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind—including, without limitation, lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, or replacement costs—arising from your use of any of our products or the inability to use the service.

7. Governing Law

These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, United States, with jurisdiction localized to Miami Beach, FL.

8. Contact Information

Questions about the Terms of Service should be directed to our laboratory operations team:

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Phone: (800) 268-7625
  • Address: 1521 Alton Rd. #138 Miami Beach, FL 33139