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

9 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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Solution

Cyanobacteria is gone!

CyanoRX really works well. Everything looks good here, no more Cyanobacteria to be seen. Early water change performed as
Milestone

We have plants!!!

Key moment
Seriously, I finally sat down and planted this thing. It’s looking a lot better. I also unclogged the intake on the file
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
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