Shoal & Stem

Snail City

Started June 8, 2026

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Scaper's Notes

An inadvertently acquired project tank. Finally cycled, formerly a betta tank, now a quarantine tank holding some snails and copepods. Also being used to grow out some plant cuttings since I don’t want to waste the Stratum. Excuse the ugly place holder decorations, please. It’ll…

Tank Details

6.8 gal · 25.74 LactiveHospital Tank

Source Water

Tap water · Tap + Prime

TDS 15 ppm
pH 7.0

Tested Jul 2026

Flora & Fauna

8 species

Tank Health Score

Health score coming soon.

Water Parameters

Latest reading

Aug 31, 2026

Temp79.8°F
pH7.0
Ammonia0.00mg/L
Nitrite0.00mg/L
Nitrate0mg/L
Phosphate0.25mg/L
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Problem

Uh oh

So, it appears that Cyanobacteria has been introduced to this tank. This is a bit of an issue since the plants meant to
Rescape

Mid rescape

Key moment
Okay, so this is obviously a mess right now. But I wanted to share the news that I am mid rescape! The hardscape is fina
Rescape

An update.

Key moment
As planned this tank has been emptied and transplanted to the new 20 gallon, fish, snails, substrate, plants and all. Cu
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