Shrimp Pathway

Started June 22, 2026

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Scaper's Notes

“This is my first shrimp/planted tank. I’m going for really low maintenance, with a low bioload and low light plants.”

Tank Details

10 gal · 37.85 L·20 × 10 × 12"activeDisplay Tank

Source Water

Well water · Dechlorinate

Flora & Fauna

9 species

Algae(1)

Marimo Moss Ball

Aegagropila linnaei

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moderate

Plants(7)

Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

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moderate

Anubias Congensis

Anubias afzelii

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moderate

Asian Water Fern

Bolbitis heteroclita

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moderate

Tank Health Score

Health score coming soon.

Water Parameters

Latest reading

Sep 30, 2026

Temp78.0°F

pH7.6

General Hardness120ppm

Carbonate Hardness120ppm

Ammonia0.00mg/L

Nitrite0.00mg/L

Nitrate8mg/L

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Journal

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Rescape

No more shrimp

Oct 5, 2026

Key moment

I turns out the shrimp I received had a bacterial infection that flared due to shipping. Keeping shrimp is rough! For no…

Problem

Guppy Grass Gone

Sep 25, 2026

Turned on the light after letting my shrimp adjust and my guppy grass had LITERALLY DISAPPEARED. I did some research and…

Update

Shrimp here!

Sep 22, 2026

My shrimp came in the mail today! The FedEx driver left them on my front porch in the sun 😖 and I’m left with 18 and on…

@terrathomasSep 23

Good luck! I got a couple peeggo shrimp and some tiny babies in my recent order. Maybe you will have the same luck 😊

@HavenSep 23

Thanks! I hope so 😁

@KyWillumsSep 24

Where did you order from? Nervous about buying online. Only bought things at my local store.

@HavenSep 24

I ordered from EBay… you can get some for a decent deal. I was also unsure of buying online, but you save a lot of money and shrimp/fish are pretty tough and do fine with shipping if you acclimate them right and get them from a good seller.

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