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

13 species

Tank Health Score

Health score coming soon.

Water Parameters

Latest reading

Oct 3, 2026

Temp80.0°F
pH6.2
TDS181ppm
General Hardness90ppm
Carbonate Hardness40ppm
Ammonia0.00mg/L
Nitrite0.00mg/L
Nitrate8mg/L
Phosphate0.25mg/L
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Update

Assassin snail introduction

I’ve been pretty much over feeding this tank due to the loaches and corydoras, I wanted to make sure they were growing w…
Solution

There is clearly a door to the twilight zone in my tank.

I had 8 remaining pygmy corydoras as of a week ago. A couple days ago I realized that I had really only seen 4 recently…
Update

Better lighting, better plants.

For some silly reason, I just could not figure out why this tank always looked so grey and dreary in comparison to the o…
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