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James Fatherree has been an aquarium hobbyist
since childhood, has been keeping marine aquariums for well
over a decade, and has spent many days diving in Florida,
Hawaii, the Bahamas, Japan and Indonesia. He also managed
a large retail aquarium store, owned and operated an aquarium
design, installation, and maintenance business for several
years, and spent a summer working as a diver/collector/slave
for an aquarium livestock wholesaler in Florida. James has
also published well over 100 articles and 1,000 photographs
in various aquarium magazines in the U.S. and Europe, and
has written and illustrated five books on the topics of reef
organisms and marine aquariums, too.
Aside from his lifelong aquatic interests
and experiences, James served as an Army paratrooper, earned
degrees in Geology from Mississippi State University and the
University of South Florida, with a specialization in invertebrate
paleontology, and has traveled around the world. He also lived
in southern Japan for two years where he taught English, and
is currently a physical and environmental sciences instructor
at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida.
If you'd like to know more about
the author, visit his homepage at
www.fatherree.com/james.
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