A student expects to receive a pet dwarf seahorse for her birthday, and she has 2 weeks to design a bioactive aquarium for the animal. Bioactive means that the environment contains live plants and microorganisms to break down waste material, just like the food web that animals are part of in their natural habitats. She is thinking of adding a Mermaid’s Fan plant (Halimeda Udotea), one of the most common and popular aquatic species, to her saltwater tank. However, she is concerned that the plant will not be able to survive because her room does not get a lot of direct sunlight. She also knows that the seahorse will fail to survive if the plants inside of her aquarium cannot operate efficiently. Provide an explanation for the flow of energy between the seahorse and the Mermaid’s Fan plant.