hiya sorry I missed all the chat, (still don't know how to quote comments?!? anyway) yeah really soft water but everyone still going strong after nearly two years, fingers crossed. You might see rummies in the earlier photo their colour is good even although it's a bit alkaline, although that's more to do with what the water company do with it rather than me!
All still settling in OK and big girl gourami still rules the roost, although now she's got more gourami to chase I think she gets fed up chasing them and gives up quicker than when there was only one other.
@Matt moved some of the plants, as you suggested, and although still not great I do think it looks better, bit of a WIP I think and need to find some small plants.
@fcmf re your plants, I read somewhere that amazon swords need a lot of iron, not that I do much with them other than root tabs and I'd go with Matt's advice rather than mine, but wonder if that something to consider?