About the Author

ROBERT FENNER is a marine scientist and former instructor in the University of California and California State University systems. He is a leading advocate of enlightened aquarium keeping and writes professionally about the intelligent selection and care of captive saltwater fishes and invertebrates for a wide variety of print and online periodicals and forums. He lives in San Diego, California, and travels frequently on writing assignments to tropical dive destinations and consulting work for public aquariums and the marine livestock trade.