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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
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Water Parameters
Latest reading
Oct 7, 2026
Temp76.0°F
pH7.8
General Hardness120ppm
Carbonate Hardness120ppm
Ammonia0.00mg/L
Nitrite0.00mg/L
Nitrate3mg/L
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Milestone
Frogbit thriving!
Key moment
My Amazon Frogbit is doing fantastic! There is so much, and I’m not getting many orders on EBay, so I’m going to have to…
Inspiration
Shocker!
After all my shrimp die, I find a tiny baby shrimp chilling in my tank! Why didn’t anyone tell me that fish keeping is a…
@KyWillums
All but one of my shrimp has died in the last 2 weeks. :( And yet we still keep aquarium-ing. Hope it thrives.
@Haven
So sorry for your losses! I don’t think shrimp are as easy to keep as people say
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@tammyeherrin
What type of shrimp do you have? I have a opae ula shrimp tank?
@Haven
I have cherry shrimp, but that little guy does kind of look like an opae ula
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Rescape
No more shrimp
Key moment
I turns out the shrimp I received had a bacterial infection that flared due to shipping. Keeping shrimp is rough! For no…