Shoal & Stem

The Tiger Pit

Started June 13, 2026

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Scaper's Notes

A fully stocked tank with 8 tiger barbs and 3 nerite snails

Tank Details

20 gal · 75.71 LactiveDisplay Tank

Source Water

Tap water · Tap + prime

Flora & Fauna

10 species

Tank Health Score

Health score coming soon.

Water Parameters

Latest reading

Aug 4, 2026

Temp77.0°F
pH7.6
Ammonia0.00mg/L
Nitrite0.00mg/L
Nitrate10mg/L
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Update

More plant maintenance/ blackout.

Algae was getting so bad that I decided to do a 3 day blackout. It helped massively with pretty much the whole tank exce
Update

Trimmed most of the plants

The giant valiscaneria and both cabomba got a good trim. I additionally removed some runners from the validcaneria that
Update

Diatom algae cleared up

All of the diatom algae has cleared itself out and while I’m fighting green algae now it’s much more manageable than the
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