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tl;dr: What should I do to make this tank nicer?

This is a 55 gallon freshwater with 21 koi medakas and two juvenile pearl gouramis. I am about to plant the hydrocotyle tripartita and remaining Monte Carlo that is floating at the top of the tank, but after that I’m not sure what direction I want to go to really improve the looks.

Current plant list (aside from the two listed above):
Cabomba, anubias, micro sword, alternanthera reineckii (scarlet temple), anacharis egeria, and echinodorus Osiris (melon sword).

I have a whole lot more dragon stone and driftwood and was considering adding more, and lots of other plants like jungle val, foxtail silvermist, and hydrocotyle leucocephala, etc. etc., but I don’t want to do what I’ve done with other tanks where I just add tons of random species of plant.

I’m planning on adding about 20-30 of my blue dream neocaridina shrimp and some kind of cory (all I have currently are Pygmy corys but am considering something different for this one.

Please help. I picked up some surrendered medakas from FB. I did not notice this one’s condition until after I added them to the tank. What does this look like? Constipation? Egg bound? Parasites?

Need help. First time doing a submerged carpet with Monte Carlo. Do I leave the horizontal runners alone?

What is protruding from this snail? Is that its snenis?

He dug up my Monte Carlo then took it to bed like a stuffed animal.

What is this new puffer passing?

Is this brand new heater compromised? Company says this is “expected” but I’m not convinced and have already swapped it with a spare.

Breaking news: Big fat corys caught red-whiskered digging up the Monte Carlo I’ve had to replant 800 times.

Dear GOD she is eggnant.

Advice needed: My first real project

This CPD was included with a batch. It had an obvious swim bladder issue, but over the next few days it started to improve. I checked the tank today and now it’s much worse than it was when I got him. I need to know what the most ethical next step is here. He is clearly thin and exhausted.

His little face! Complete with a shrimp crown.

Can I propagate this Java fern if I take this as a cutting?

Was trying to get a video of my Pygmy Cory napping on a leaf but this CPD wanted to be the star

They are SMALL. 🤏🏻

Snorgy tower

Help: Are my Celestial Pearl Danios fighting, or is this mating behavior?

Snail on snail crime

My fat little jerks

Growing some monster bladder snails! They’re trying to size up my nerites.

Plant purchased in freshwater bundle and labeled as full-aquatic (submersible).