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 was last rescaped in Jan 2025.

Shrimphaus uses hard, alkaline Cambridgeshire tap water that has been brought to low alkalinity with hydrochloric acid.  An airstone and high surface water flow keeps the water oxygenated.

Temperature is maintained at 22 C with an Aquael Ultra Heater.

Lighting is from a Week Aqua S400 Pro LED light.

Shrimphaus’ bigger high-tech sibling is the Fireplace Aquarium

Shrimphaus as of 6-Oct-2024
Notes:  new Lilaeopsis novea-zealandia

Shrimp

Quite a good amount of crystal red caridina shrimp in residence.  Now also some Tangerine Tiger caridina shrimp and Neocaridina davidi ‘Blue Velvet’ shrimp.

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’
  • x willisii
• Echinodorus Chrileni
• Helanthium bolivianum ‘Quadricostatus’
• Lilaeopsis novea-zealandia
• Staurogyne Repens
• ferns
  • Microsorum pteropus ‘Windelov’ (Java Fern)
• mosses
  • Vesicularia montagnei (‘Christmas’ moss)
  • Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java Moss) trying to get rid of this

Emersed

• Anubias gracilis
• Lysimachia nummularia aurea
• Riccardia chamedryfolia

See also:  Emersed plants of Sri Lanka

Floating

• Salvinia minima

Unwanted

• Black beard algae

Previous Residents…

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

Animals

• Nerite snails
• Chili rasbora (refugee from Fireplace Aquarium – didn’t work out)
• Bloody mary neocaridina shrimp – lived long and happy lives and have now cycled out of the Shrimphaus

Plants

• Anubias barteri nana ‘Pangolino’
• Anubias barteri nana ‘Pinto’ – couldn’t live emersed
• 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!
• Limnophila sessiflora
• 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
• Pogostemon helferi – never really got going
• Ranunculus inundatus – never really got going either
• Rotala rotundifolia ‘Orange Juice’ – stems rotted
• Vesicularia montagnei ‘Christmas’ (Christmas moss) – did ok