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Guys Ive been following this post since it first started. I understand that posting a few times to get the forum to open up can be reasonably daunting, but I agree with the manner in which it is set up. I would assume that this has been done so that rather than jump into a forum and ask your question and run back to the other forums you may be part of or not, it encourages the individual to be part of the community first. e.g Introduce yourself, welcome other members, have a look at the wipe you chin section, have a yarn, laugh at someone, encourage someone and most importantly respect the individual behind the silly picture beside their name. This will already open up 95% (the most important sections) of the forum for you in a very short period of time.... I believe the primary focus of the group is one of community not necessarily one of raping the forum for info and not giving back, even if your contribution is just being friendly towards newcomers that too is an important aspect of any forum, and that in itself will give you access anyway. Once you have become part of that circle I beleive it is harder to just ask and run, you will find that you too will support and encourage the system you have worked to become apart of. Alternatively, if you beleive saying hello, and welcoming others in the same boat is too daunting and you just want to access the info ask your question without necessarily contributing in the written form there is an alternative (pay 0.03424 cents per day) that will support the system that will give you answers to all the questions you could possibly ever have... There is a wealth of information on this forum that is second to none regarding shrimp, plants and general welfare of anything that lives under water :) to ask to contribute even on the smallest of scales to give the mods an idea of weather or not you are going to cause dramas for them or not is the smallest price to pay I can only hope that once you have access to the whole site you too will agree it was worth it :) In regards to the bss, If they did away with it I would still pay my $12.50 still welcome members still take the mickey out of the owners and mods (joking) and still want to be apart of this awesome forum. In my opinion a forum is not based on a classified section that's what the trading post is for, a forum is a place to ask learn and share. SKF does an awesome job at facilitating that :) thats just my 2c :) P.S discussing in this thread will also get your post count up!!!