Personally, I really like the bright red platies, especially since the aquarium is currently lacking in any bright red plants.
I think you have great shaping in the aquarium, but you need to work on photography/presentation and your plantings. Prune those plants so that they become bushier thickets. Get that foreground in order and more densely planted. Are you dosing enough fertilizer? They seem a bit pale.
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Carlos