Holy doodle! I never expected this thread to turn into a debate fest, but it is definately more entertaining this way
I know my tank is pretty crowded, and obviously not to a lot of people's tastes, however after seeing this Italian tank I felt like mine wasn't nearly as crowded as I thought it was. It isn't the most creative aquascaping(neither is mine)and not necessarily to my taste either but was simply posted as an example of a very crowded tank.
I have quite enjoyed all the banter though. I guess one thing to keep in mind though, is we build
our own reef to our own taste as much as possible, so as long as we are all reasonably happy with what we've done that is what really matters. I don't think many people get into this hobby with the thought of building a reef to please everybody else.
If it so happens that others like what we've accomplished that's nice a bonus, but we'll never please everybody.