04-22-2008, 02:21 PM
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| Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Tangster  I'd like to say they just do it LOl But here is a short and simple explnation of what happens in the sac o water many call anemone's , But when light hits it (: microscopic single-celled, brown algae or dinoflagellates called zooxanthellae. live in the anemones and Like all plants, they require sunlight for photosynthesis, a process that the suns or solar energy is used to make sugars from carbon and water. Some of these sugars feed the algae's metabolism, but most of them "leak" to the anemone, providing energy or food to it. Thats the readers Digiest version Plus they will trap particals in the water such as flake and fish droppings and suck its poo to me but its food to them (: But then again I'm no anemone | Great info, thanks Tangster! _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
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