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How will you prove that corals in aquarium are alive?
They will eat, will retract their polyps if touched, will expand during the day and shrink during the night, and they will grow.
Do corals or coral reefs live?
yes this is proof: when corals grow another coral is probably growing in the way the other one is then they fight, they digest each others face and they also live because fire corals can hurt/sting humans and other animals and only a thing that's alive could hurt each other!
Why soft corals live in deeper water than hard corals?
soft corals live deeper water than hard corals because soft corals do not create a hard outer skeleton as the hard corals do.
Are corals decomposers?
Corals are not decomposers. They are consumers.
Are corals plants or fish?
Corals are plants.
Differences between hermatypic and ahermatypic corals?
Hermatypic corals contain zooxanthellae (a symbiotic algae), whereas ahermatypic corals do not. It is like saying that hermatypic corals are photosynthetic, where ahermatypic corals are non photosynthetic.
Can sea corals be eaten by humans?
No, corals are not edible.
Do corals have exoskeleton?
Yes, corals are composed of an exoskeleton
What is the effect of dynamite fishing and muro ami on the productivity of corals?
dynamite fishing and muro ami can destroy corals so if there are less corals, less corals will be produced.
Are corals an animal?
yup...some of the most primitive animals still alive today are crynoids, which mainly inhabit coral colonies...stoney corals have a calcium skeleton which grows in small increments (mm's per year)...unfortunaley,, the majority of stoney corals are undergoing a rapid extinction, exibiting bleaching (where the live animal dies leaving only the white skeleton behind...many scientists contribute pollution pesticide runoff and global warming...soft coral do not have a calcium skeleton and are mainly classified as polyps or mushroom corals...all corals (especially stoney corals) need nutrient poor clean water to thrive, as well as basically unchanging water temperatures.
Does corals eat zooxanthellae?
No corals doesn't eat zooxanthellae they only eat zooplankton. Zooxanthallae helps corals to live and keeps corals colourful.They live on the coral polyps.
How does algae benefit the corals?
Many corals, specifically hermatypic corals, contain symbiotic algae that provide the coral with sugar from photosynthesis. Algae also feed zooplankton, which corals feed on. Basically, algae provide corals with food, indirectly.
