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I know you all see a million of these threads, but once again I am a newbie with my first planted tank and would like some help from you pros out there. So here it is:
t is a 135 gallon, so 72" long, 18" Wide, and 25" tall. The lighting is two 72" 10,000K VHO bulbs (160 watts each). I am not running CO2. It is running two sumps, overflows, and return lines. Currently it houses a Pacu, Green Severum, gold Gourami, and an Opaline Gourami. Soon I will be adding 3 L200 and L134 Plecos, 6 Gephagus Altifrons, and 6 Corydoras Sterbai. More fish to come later.
In the tank right now are Vallisneria, various Crypts (ciliata, wendtii (bronze, red, and green) and lutea), bolbitis, Java Fern, Amazon Sword, and a Rose Swords. There are also two large pieces of drift wood in the tank.
This was all done today, and I just cannot seem to get it to look "right". What am I missing here? Any suggestions? Thanks.

t is a 135 gallon, so 72" long, 18" Wide, and 25" tall. The lighting is two 72" 10,000K VHO bulbs (160 watts each). I am not running CO2. It is running two sumps, overflows, and return lines. Currently it houses a Pacu, Green Severum, gold Gourami, and an Opaline Gourami. Soon I will be adding 3 L200 and L134 Plecos, 6 Gephagus Altifrons, and 6 Corydoras Sterbai. More fish to come later.
In the tank right now are Vallisneria, various Crypts (ciliata, wendtii (bronze, red, and green) and lutea), bolbitis, Java Fern, Amazon Sword, and a Rose Swords. There are also two large pieces of drift wood in the tank.
This was all done today, and I just cannot seem to get it to look "right". What am I missing here? Any suggestions? Thanks.