Colony shading?

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Wondering what you guys do when an acro colony begins to shade another acro? I had a small mini colony hit a pretty big growth spurt over the last few months, and it’s beginning to shade my red planet, which rather than growing out of the shade, seems to be growing into the shade. What would you guys do in this case? Frag the colony to decrease shading? Let it work itself out? Try to frag and move pieces of the red planet out of the shade? You can’t see it from the pic, but there are probably 4 0.75” arms from the red planet frag growing into the shaded. The shaded parts seem plenty healthy now, but I’m guessing that won’t last forever as it becomes more and more shaded. Let me know what you guys think.

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Relocate or frag portions
 

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