Should I cut or not

[Ratpack]

Here is a photo of a Cali tort I have and it is growing kind of crazy. When I bought it, it looked almost like a tree. Now the branches are starting to form from the base and the top, but the middle is still one big stalk. My concern is no light in that area due to shading. Should I frag off the top part and let the bottom grow or leave it? It is kind of an odd shape.

 

[Art13]

I would just leave it, it's going to grow how it wants to grow. I believe with most acro's if the base is shaded it won't matter, it will still keep its skin, my purple bonsai is shaded under it, yet still encrusted under it and is growing out below the frag now where just about no light reaches so i wouldn't be concerned with any die off due to shading.