6 year old electric blue acara and her tank! Help me with tank presentation?

[Wyvlen]

Truthfully, I know my tank setup isn't as pretty or presentable as it should be, and I was also wondering if anyone had any tips on how to make this tank stand out. I've been keeping fish for a long time, but I've always been horrible at setting them up to be visually pleasing.
Try to ignore the specks in the water :') my bottom feeders just got fed and they like to make an absolute mess.
Other fish in the tank: featherfin squeaker, golden dojo loach, albino bichir, bristlenose pleco, and a random albino cory and a rosy neon barb that currently have no better home.

 

[SixThreeOh]

Add a black background.

 

[C. Breeze]

Fill that tank up to the lip and it will reduce that glare -any light coming at your eyes will at that point be filtered through water- which it isn’t right now. And paint the back black. Plant tall stuff like the swords all the way along both sides, densely from the back to the front which will help eliminate or reduce the effect of looking through the tank into the room.

 

[Rtc/tsn]

Add a black background.

I think something could look better with some type of design

 

[neutrino]

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder, so these are just my suggestions: A (simple) background would help, but the proportions of that tank are tricky imo, tricky to get the scale right, it's easy to overwhelm that tank and make things look busy and artificial. Doing smaller and simpler is easier to get the scale and proportions right. Doesn't mean you have to stick with small stuff, just that it's easier to arrange and get the proportions right.

The large gravel/stone overwhelms the tank. Sand or fine gravel would be make the scale and proportions better. Except the one tall plant, the plants are too much the same height and spread too evenly, doesn't really create a flow or focal point, too many pieces are competing for your eye.

One concept you could use would be to do a sort of island on one side, a few shorter to medium height plants focused around one or two taller ones. You could add a smaller 'island' on the other side, plants and/or driftwood, but not as tall as the first one. A couple of small twigs, small stones, piece of river rock (not too big) a small plant or two, or some small grassy looking stuff could go in between-- or wouldn't have to. Another concept would be a sort of wedge shape, a slope in height from one side to the other of plants, driftwood, rock or some combination, with the low side being more sparse.

There are other shapes or concepts, some would trickier to pull off with your tank proportions.