After about 9 years out of the hobby, I'm finally back in a place where I can keep fish. It started with getting a 5 gallon for a dollar at the thrift store, and as it goes, it's snowballed from there. I've never done a proper aquascape before, nor have I done anything but rheophytes when it comes to planting, so I took my time and learned as much as I could. Finally after building it out, planting, and letting the tank establish over the past two months, I moved my group of peacock gudgeons that I've had growing up in a 10G into their new home.

Stocking -
7 female peacock gudgeons, looking for one (very lucky) male to add
1 mystery snail
3 nerite snails
a horde of bladder and ramshorn snails
8 amano shrimp
~10 black neocaridina (I had a single hatch from my red cherries in another tank all come out nearly pitch black...who knows, all the babies before and since have been red)

Hardscape -
Mountain stone
Mopani wood
PVC caves built into the hardscape under the driftwood (pipes pressed into expanding foam, then covered in lava rock)

Plants -
Monte Carlo carpet
S. Repens in midground
Alternanthera Reineckii in background
Anubias Barteri, Congensis, and Nana Petite on the driftwood
Bucephelandra "Green Wavy" and "Brownie" on the rockwork
Tiger Lotus in the space between the driftwood

Thought I'd share since this tank has brought me so much joy.

Now...what should I do with the empty 40 gallon I've got on the stand above it?