This fully illustrated handbook is designed to help the beginning saltwater hobbyist with planning, setting up, and stocking his or her first marine aquarium. Includes up-to-date advice on appropriate equipment, filtration, live rock, lighting, aquascaping, and an invaluable fish-selection guide with color photographs and expert tips on picking the best species for a new saltwater aquarium. Clear and concise, The New Marine Aquarium is written by one of the country's leading amateur aquarists. It is designed to help bring new enthusiasts into the marine field -- and to keep them involved by creating healthy, attractive, intelligently stocked marine tanks.