Encourage branching

[alten78]

I've had this Surf N' Turf stag for a few years now, got it as a fairly tall frag with a few nubs at the top. It's never really done much so I haven't pay much attention to it till I just moved to a bigger tank and realized how much taller it is, also noticing how many branches it doesn't have.

I remember reading here and there about cutting the tips off to encourage branching slightly after I accidentally broke one of the branches. It got me thinking about the piece in general, do I take more tips off to try to get more branches or is this thing already too tall and more or less break off several frags to sell and start over?

 

[Guttersnipe]

I think it might be reaching for light that’s why it hasn’t really put out any branches.

 

[alten78]

Its always been in the upper half of the tank in higher flow under 6x54 t5's. Now its even higher under 250w Radiums so I guess we'll see? Going forward, i think i'll cut it off at the base a few inches under where the three or four branches already are and still pop the tops off the others?

 

[29bonsaireef]

IME, stags will branch more with high light/flow