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Ok, so at first brush this question may seem like it has an obvious answer. Still I wonder how many of us have given thought to this. We know that fish need a certain amount of swimming space (how much per species is certainly up for debate), so when we start packing corals into a tank, should we be factoring this in? At what point does it become something we need to worry about? As corals grow, they take up more and more space. We've all seen those reef tanks that are packed to the brim with coral colonies, was there a sacrifice made there to balance livestock (i.e. less fish, smaller fish, less active fish, etc.)? I'm hoping this might be a fun topic for our discussion today. So...
1) Do coral take up fish space in our reef tanks?
2) At what point(s) should this factor into our reef planning?
Photo of @glennf's beautiful packed reef! (You can check out his build thread HERE)
1) Do coral take up fish space in our reef tanks?
2) At what point(s) should this factor into our reef planning?
Photo of @glennf's beautiful packed reef! (You can check out his build thread HERE)