Another Update:
Since I went picture happy on the last post, I'm not going to do too many this time haha. A couple of things have happened since my last post.
First, Gardener, my first dwarf Gourami, died. RIP. Basically, I screwed up and didn't catch the aggression against him in time, and he suffered for it. The lesson that I learned from this was that I need to look at the individual personalities of my fish rather than just assuming that all my fish will fit the stereotypes associated with them. Meaning, Gardener was very passive while his new partners were clearly much more feisty than him, and so they beat him up, and I just assumed he would fight back since dwarfs are known for a feistier nature, however, that was not the case with him. I don't intend to replace him, I will let my archerfish take that role.
Second, on a more positive note, I've basically overhauled the decor of my tank. I've completely redone it. As I mentioned in my 10 gallon tank thread, I bought a new piece of driftwood. It completely tannin stained my water so I decided to put it in the main tank, on top of that, I swapped rocks; lava stone is now in the 10 gallon while the maple leaf stone is in the main tank. Today I bought some more maple leaf stone and a crap ton of new plastic plants. I know, I've badmouthed plastic plants multiple times; however, I'm taking what I said back.
I then spent an hour redecorating the tank and for once, I'm actually slightly happy (lol) with the decor. Something about me is that when I have a project (such as decorating the fish tank), I always try to improve it, so I am never truly satisfied. This trait has not suited me well when it comes to choosing fish, but I'm working on taming it. Sometimes it is a good thing, and other times it is not so much. In the future, I plan on possibly adding some new rocks and maybe even some more driftwood. As for plants, I may or may not get more, I'll have to see what my family thinks.
Thank you for reading my little essay, and I will be posting pictures soon. For now, over and out.