I like the look of the Cryptocoryne nevelli and the Schismatoglottis prietoi as well, but it seemed like they were on the wrong sides of the tank. The C. nevelli got larger than I thought it would so blocked the view of the Alternanthera reineckii ‘Mini’ and the recently re-attempted Alternanthera reineckii ‘Rosanervig’. (Must… get… Alternanthera… to work!) Meanwhile the shorter S. Prietoi left a lot of empty vertical space on the right side.
before rescape
cleaned out
rescaped
excess biomass
A good amount of the original biOrb ceramic filter media was pulled out by the roots of the plants being extracted. I replaced the lost volume with aquasoil. Pulling up major amounts of plant mass like this always releases lots of fine debris and it took several large water changes and repeated cycles with the portable filter to get these particulates cleared up.