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Many things may eat coral and algae, certain types of snails, hermit crabs, blennies, and sea stars will eat different types of algae and detritus
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Do some fish eat coral?
Most do not appear to, but there is at least one species that does. This species in question is known as the Parrot Fish, which feeds on coral and a wide variety of other reef organisms.
What eats the algae and smaller organisms on the coral reef?
Snails Hermit crabs,
What eats brain coral?
Parrot fish do and other sea creatures
What do living things by a coral reef eat and use for shelter?
sea anemones protect the clown fish, [as seen in finding nemo], and coral eats algae; mostly. :]
What eats angelfish in the wild?
Angelfish eat algae, some coral, smaller fish, brine shrimp. Angelfish are omnivores.
How does algae help coral?
The algae helps the coral by producing oxygen and other nutrients that are required by the coral. The coral produces carbon dioxide for the algae as well as other substances the algae requires.
What type of algae forms coral reef?
Microscopic Algae live in coral reefs
Is it bad when coral loses the algae?
Yes, because algae provide coral reef with nutrients
Is algae part of the coral reef ecosystem?
Algae plays a vital role in the coral reef ecosystem. Firstly, algae feeds the zooplankton that forms part of the base of the foodchain of the coral reefs. Secondly, algae live inside the actual coral, and are responsible for providing the coral with a huge amount of energy.
How does algae benefit from living insdie coral polyps?
When a coral polyp is formed it takes in the algae and the algae carries onto photosynthesis inside the coral. The algae later helps the coral change calcium salts in seawater into a hard calcium carbonate structure that makes up a coral reef. Without the algae helping to create calcium carbonate, a coral reef wouldn't have it's nice structure.
What algae forms coral reefs?
algae's which r not bleached
What is the relationship between the coral polyps and the algae that live in them?
Coral and algae (specifically the algae called zooxanthellae) have an intimate symbiotic relationship. The algae live inside the coral, and provide it with sugars and other photosynthesis byproducts. The coral provides the algae with nutrients for photosynthesis and a safe place to live and reproduce.
