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Zoos on live rock

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mnat

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Random maybe stupid question:

I put a small zoo colony on a piece of live rock (about 20 polyps) which has now grown to over a 100 polyps and takes up a few square inches of the live rock. I know live rock hosts bacteria to help in filtration and the more surface area the better. My question is this: If the zoos take over live rock, do I lose that area of filtration and should add more? I know I should not be complaining about coral growing, but in a 12g nano I want all the filtration I can get.
 
redfishbluefish

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The majority of the surface area of the live rock is not on the surface of the rock. It is extremely porous, with the majority of the surface area internal to the rock. The bacteria are still flourishing within the rock. Even completely covered, that rock is still a churning bacterial factory.
 
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mnat

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I figured as much, thank you both for the replies. You know what they say, there are no stupid questions just stupid people. :)
 
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