i know i swicthed to keeping cichlids as a hobby while maintaining just 1 tank for aquascape
multi tank syndrome relaps lol it happens
i would keep it the way it is, a huge one piece clump
don't tear it apart

the left downoi is amazingly fat too
what's with the bald area of UG there?
it happened to me to with hairgrass
it just seem the plant won't grow there in my case