40 gallon 4 month transformation

Livestock includes

6x dwarf neon rainbow fish 6x Platy 1x swordtail 1x clown pleco 1x Bolivian ram 1x half banded spiny eel 1x African butterflyfish

May seem overstocked but nitrates are so low because of the dense plants that I have to add extra with ferts. All the fish get along perfectly fine.

There are 10 + plant species in the tank but the most prominent are the leopard Vallisneria, sagittaria, and crypt Wendtii brown's.

The tank is a near self sustaining ecosystem with perfect water quality so I only do 1 large 50+ percent water change every two months or so to reduce TDS.