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So today I mounted my frags from battlecoral. My general thought as I've been planning where to place what in my 18month old tank is, I want to leave lots of space for my sticks to mature into colonies over the next few years. As luck would have it its something he's written about in one of his articles on the website. It seems the current trend is people growing out nub forests looking for a "full crowded tank" quickly even if the tank is lots of mini colonies and few mature colonies. I find I'm aiming for long term giant colonies but with my relative newb experience, I'm left to wonder how much space should I be leaveing. Ideally I'd like to upgrade to a larger tank in 3 or 4 years but until then I'm curious who in the hobby still spaces sticks out with a vision for years down the road rather then quick results of colors and crowded space. Is this a more old school thought process and is lost to the new age part of the hobby, surely I can't be unique in my thoughts here. Would love to know. How much space is to much space. How long do I let them encrust before filling the voids with zoas or other sticks. I've assumed I'd let them encrust for a while and could use zoas to cover what's left of the exposed rock but is that a mistake that would simply overtake the acros even further down the road. Would love to here some of the other more experienced reefers ramblings on this and of course who doesn't like colorful pictures to drool over.