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 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.
Shrimphaus’ bigger high-tech sibling is the Fireplace Aquarium
Shrimphaus as of 6-Oct-2024
Notes: lost one of the stripey caridina shrimp – hoping that’s a one-off
Shrimp
Bloody mary neocaridina shrimp have been resident in the Shrimphaus since the very beginning.
Recently there have also been some crystal red caridina shrimp in residence. So far these caridina and neocaridina have been able to peacefully co-exist although getting water conditions that will work for both species at the same time is challenging.
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’
- Staurogyne Repens
- ferns
- Microsorum pteropus ‘Windelov’ (Java Fern)
- mosses
- Vesicularia montagnei (‘Christmas’ moss)
Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java Moss)trying to get rid of this
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)
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
Dean Hanson says:
That is a beautiful aquarium. Very interesting and well maintained. The shrimp look quite content.