View Single Post
Unread 03/14/2018, 08:48 PM   #8
Timfish
Registered Member
 
Timfish's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,985
Very good information! Thanks for posting them.
What needs to be pointed out though reef ecosystems work very differently. With sharks making up 50% to 80% of the fish biomass the trophic pyramid is inverted. And with corals and their holobiont animals are playing the role of autotrophs and are competing with algae for nutrients.


__________________
"Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek
Timfish is offline   Reply With Quote