Red algae, being a plant extracts microscopic nutrients from its surrounding water similarly to a terrestrial plant extracting nutrients from the soil with its roots.
It doesn't eat, it makes its own food through photosynthesis.
Red algae doesn't eat anything. It is a plant, therefore it uses photosynthesis to produce food. It is a major concern in the oceans though.
Red Algae can form blooms to look different. Red algae also avoids predation by herbivorous gastropods and fish because it resembles an unpalatable hard coral.
nutrients from the surrounding water
It is a predator
Yes. Many animals can eat algae.
Algae are organisms that include kelp, red, green, or brown algae, and seaweed. Algae is eaten by many sea creatures. Some sea animals that eat algae are: crabs, turbo snails, sea hares, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea turtles, and zooplankton. Algae is also eaten by the following fish: surgeonfish, rabitfish, blennies, angelfish, spotted scat and tangs.
photosynthesisno, they eat algae, and other organic mattersAnswerThey are actually capable of photosynthesis and consuming algae and other organic matter.
The Siamese algae eater, Surgeon fish and fish that eats red algae. The Lined chiton, Sea slug and Spider conch also feed on red algae.
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---- Its in a group of alga-es and its diatoms, green algae, red algae, brown algae, dinoflagellates, and euglenoids.
Animal that eat red algae are animals that eat plants.
A Rhodophyta (red algae) does not eat, but rather uses Photosynthesis. This results in a red algae using the sun to make its own food.
Red algae is a source of food and food additives for humans.
Many fish eat algae, it depends on which type of algae. But the fish that do eat algae are catfish, red tailed fish, Florida flag fish, and plecos.
yes it is and if you eat this you can die instantly.
Because of a bunch of algae that turned red and make oysters poisonous to eat.
When the red-knobbed starfish is young, it will eat algae, but as it grows it will eat soft corals, sponges, tubeworms, clams, starfish and other invertebrates.
No
Algae: Green algae, even red algae but phycoerythrin over populates it which gives the red algae its red color.
Chilton's Eat Algae
Frogs do eat Algae but frogs prefer to eat insects but if all else fails they eat algae
red algae.............