When it comes to how corals grow, each category of animal requires its own unique lighting requirements, but all share one common trait; photosynthesis in order to survive. Just as plants convert sunlight to produce chlorophyl, marine animals survive similarily by converting light energy into "food". Actually, this energy is consumed by zooxanthellae algaes that produce by products that the corals need to survive; a true symbiotic relationship.
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