Shrimptopia

Started November 16, 2025

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Scaper's Notes

“A forever evolving high-tech but low-brains neocaridina shrimp tank”

Tank Details

10 gal · 37.85 LactiveDisplay Tank

Source Water

Tap water

Flora & Fauna

8 species

Shrimp(1)

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Yellow Neocaridina

Neocaridina davidi var. Yellow

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Snails(1)

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Ramshorn Snail

Planorbarius corneus

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Plants(6)

African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii

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sparse

Alternanthera Reineckii Rosanervig

Alternanthera reineckii 'Rosanervig'

sparse

Tank Health Score

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Water Parameters

Latest reading

Oct 10, 2026

pH6.3

Tested 6 hours after CO2 started.

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Journal

See full tank log (11)

Update

CO2 gassing off properly

Oct 20, 2026

I realized that when I reduced the light period to control BBA I forgot to adjust the time for CO2 solenoid to turn off,…

Observation

Buffer filter flow

Oct 9, 2026

I added a little sponge to the filter output and surface agitation was reduced 90%. CO2 is more stable but I think it’s…

Trim & reshape

No clue what im doing

Oct 7, 2026

I don’t even know what im trying to do. I liked mermaid weed so i tried to make a forest of it but then i decided to lea…

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