Shrimphaus

Aquarium

Shrimphaus was created from an ADA Cube Garden 22 litre shallow tank with bespoke slate hardscape.  Shrimphaus is a modified rebuild of the original concept Shrimphaus.

Shrimphaus uses hard, alkaline Cambridgeshire tap water.  An airstone and high surface water flow keeps the water oxygenated.

Shrimphaus’ bigger high-tech sibling is the Fireplace Aquarium

Shrimphaus as of 25-June-2023
Notes:  new leaves growing on emersed Anubias barteri nana ‘Pinto’ and Anubias gracilis.  Added Pogostemon helferi, Limnophila sessiflora, Cryptocoryne crispatula

Shrimp

• Bloody Mary shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)

Snails

• Zebra thorn snails
• some small unknown snails that came along for the ride with some plants

Zooplankton

• Copepods

Plants

The Shrimphaus is a “low tech” non-CO₂-injected environment supporting submersed and emersed plants using an Estimative Index fertilisation scheme.

Submersed

• Alternanthera reineckii ‘Mini’
• Bolbitus heteroclita ‘Difformis’
• Cryptocoryne
  • affinis
  • beckettii ‘Petchii’ pink
  • crispatula
  • walkeri
  • wendtii ‘Green Gecko’
• Helanthium bolivianum ‘Quadricostatus’
• Limnophila sessiflora
• Pogostemon helferi
• ferns
  • Microsorum pteropus ‘Windelov’ (Java Fern)
• mosses
  • Vesicularia montagnei ‘Christmas’ (Christmas moss)
  • Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java Moss)

Emersed

• Anubias gracilis
• Bolbitus heteroclita ‘Difformis’
• Lysimachia nummularia aurea

See also:  Emersed plants of Sri Lanka

Unwanted

• Black beard algae

Previous Residents…

Usually these are ‘previous residents’ because something didn’t work out quite right…

Animals

• Nerite snails

Plants

• Anubias barteri nana ‘Pangolino’
• Anubias nana ‘Coin’ – died immediately emersed
• Anubias coffeefolia – tried, but could not grow emersed without keeping humidity high
• Bacopa caroliniana – emersed parts dried up
• Bucephalandra
  • kedagang
  • red
  • sintang
  • mini Catherine
  • dark Theia
• Bucephalandra pygmaea ‘Bukit Kelam’  – didn’t thrive emersed
• Calla palustris – Bog arum – grew a bit, then rotted
• Caltha palustris var. radicans – miniature marsh marigold – belongs in a pond – moved to pond
• Cotula coronopifolia – “Yellow buttons” – stems rotted underwater
• Cryptocoryne beckettii ‘Petchii’ pink – didn’t work emersed ok submersed
• Echinodorus grisebachii ‘Tropica’
• Hydrocotyle verticilliata – long and stringy – moved to pond
• Iris cristata – couldn’t figure out how to plant this large rhizome!
• Myosotis Palustris – water forget-me-not – moved to pond where doing very well
• Pogostemon erectus – took a long time to die but didn’t thrive
• Rotala rotundifolia ‘Orange Juice’ – stems rotted