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What eats the algae and smaller organisms on the coral reef?
Snails Hermit crabs,
Do some fish eat coral?
Yes, some fish feed on coral polyps. These fish are known as corallivores and they can cause damage to coral reefs if their populations are not kept in check. Examples of corallivorous fish include certain butterflyfish, parrotfish, and angelfish.
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
Is coral a carnivore?
Coral is not a carnivore. Coral is a marine invertebrate that obtains most of its nutrition from a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae, which live inside the coral's tissues and provide energy through photosynthesis.
