Shoal & Stem

Rocky Stream Bottom

Started August 3, 2026

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Scaper's Notes

“New plans, this is now a community containing most of my favorite fish, including Shiranui my little rescue betta. Hopefully soon to be densely planted like his former tank.”

Tank Details

20 gal · 75.71 LactiveDisplay Tank

Source Water

Tap water · Tap + Prime

GH 25 ppm
KH 23 ppm
pH 7.0

Tested Oct 2026

Flora & Fauna

17 species

Tank Health Score

Health score coming soon.

Water Parameters

Latest reading

Oct 18, 2026

Temp80.0°F
pH7.0
Ammonia0.00mg/L
Nitrite0.00mg/L
Nitrate0mg/L
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Milestone

Co2 results.

Key moment
Man, the plants have absolutely exploded in growth since I introduced the c02 system. I actually didn’t notice how much…
Haven
@Haven

WOW! CO2 seems like such a hassle from what I’ve seen, but your tank looks great! Is the result worth the effort?

angelajohnston
@angelajohnston

Thanks! I was actually really resistant to the whole c02 idea for a long time, mostly because I’d heard so many horror stories from people and it seemed like such a difficult thing to set up. I got the c02 system for my other tank about 3 months ago though, and it turned out really well. So I upgraded this one as well. I’ve been using these little desktop systems from “NovAbyss” on Amazon which I think are just cheaper knockoffs of the Fluval desktop nano system. They’re probably the easiest way to do this since it’s an all inclusive system and pretty easy to use. The only thing that really becomes tricky is monitoring PH and KH, since it tends to drop PH badly without adequate buffering. But once that’s fixed it’s super easy and I think it’s worth the hassle.

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Milestone

Look at these guys

Key moment
Seriously this tank is starting to really hit a good point. Plants are growing faster now that the c02 is in place. Wate…
Update

Co2!

Everything is going pretty well here still. The new lighting has caused me to want to introduce c02 as well, so here we…
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