T-001
Bloody Mary
- Java moss
- Guppy grass
- Brazilian pennywort
- Tradescantia zebrina
- Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Brown’
- Floating plant mix · identity unresolved
- Large Anubias · congensis/afzelii identity unresolved
Plants catalogue · Living inventory
More than decoration.
Part of the system.
The current submerged, floating, riparium, and companion plants recovered from the room records: what is present, where it is deployed, how it is being grown, and which names still need evidence.
Reference photographs show the recorded group or a named comparison—not the exact house specimen. Species and cultivar labels remain qualified wherever the plant record is incomplete.
Current tracker baseline · 2 September 2026
Where the plants are now.
These placements mirror the room logger. “Unresolved” is retained deliberately where propagation, mixed floaters, or lost labels make a finer claim unreliable.
T-002
Blue Diamond
- Java moss
- Pearl weed
- Guppy grass
- Jungle Vallisneria
- Alternanthera reineckii-type
- Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Brown’
- Hygrophila corymbosa-type
- Small Anubias spp. · identity unresolved
T-003
Sunkist Orange
- Java fern · regular form
- Java moss
- Guppy grass
- Brazilian pennywort
- Water wisteria
- Bacopa sp.
- Floating plant mix · identity unresolved
- Unresolved stem-bundle morphotype
T-004
Yellow Fire / Goldenback
- Java fern · regular form
- Java moss
- Brazilian pennywort
- Lucky bamboo
- PL-U001 · unidentified broad-leaf riparium plant
- Unidentified fine/narrow stem growth
T-005
Wild Amanos
- Java moss
- Pearl weed
- Limnophila sessiliflora
- Jungle Vallisneria
- Canna lily
- Anubias barteri ‘Broad Leaf’ · probable mother plant
- Bacopa sp.
- Floating plant mix · identity unresolved
- Unresolved red-stem bundle plant
T-006
White Amanos
- Java moss
- Pearl weed
- Limnophila sessiliflora
- Brazilian pennywort · probable coin-leaf growth
- Colocasia
- Polka dot plant
- Bacopa sp.
- Floating plant mix · identity unresolved
T-007
Amano juvenile grow-out
- Mixed submerged growth visible in the Sept. 7 video · identities unresolved; no tracker occurrence yet
T-008
Amano hatchery
- Moss-like growth visible in the Sept. 7 video · identity unresolved; no tracker occurrence yet
T-009
Saline larval vessel 1
- No current plant placement confirmed
T-010
Saline larval vessel 2
- No current plant placement confirmed
T-011
Leech observation tank
- No tracker plant occurrence recorded
Submerged collection
Cover, structure, and harvestable growth.
Six working groups are tracked below. Trade names stay qualified wherever the room record does not support a species-level identification.
Submerged · Rhizome plant
Petite Anubias group
Anubias sp.Petite-type trade plants; exact species and cultivar not recorded
Slow-growing aroids used as mounted structure rather than rooted stems. The house record supports Anubias and a petite growth form, but not a defensible species or cultivar name yet.
Current record
Historical stock is confirmed, but the current individual placements are no longer traceable.
Deployment
- Historical stockCurrent divisions and destinations unresolved
- Growth form
- Creeping rhizome with attached roots
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Propagation
- Rhizome division
- System value
- Durable grazing surface and cover
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Low to moderate
- CO₂
- Optional
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) room target
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 room target
- GH
- 7–9 dGH room target
- Placement
- Mount with the rhizome exposed
Do not bury the rhizome
Roots may enter substrate or a mount, but the thick horizontal rhizome stays exposed. Burial raises the risk of softening and rot.
Slow leaves collect evidence
Because old leaves persist, algae and damage remain visible for a long time. Gentle cleaning and stable light matter more than forcing faster growth.
What would confirm it
A label plus clear top, side, rhizome, and mature-leaf photographs would support a cultivar-level record. Petite appearance alone does not.
Submerged · Fern gametophyte
Süsswassertang
Lomariopsis cf. lineataAquarium gametophyte closely allied to L. lineata; not confirmed as that species sensu stricto
A ribbon-like fern gametophyte often mistaken for a moss or liverwort. It forms loose, branching cushions that trap fine food, provide shrimplet cover, and propagate readily from fragments.
Current record
Historical stock is confirmed; no current patch has been isolated well enough to assign a tank.
Deployment
- Historical stockCurrent placement unresolved
- Growth form
- Long-lived fern gametophyte
- Growth rate
- Slow to moderate
- Propagation
- Fragmentation
- System value
- Fine refuge and biofilm-rich surface
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Low to moderate
- CO₂
- Optional
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) room target
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 room target
- GH
- 7–9 dGH room target
- Placement
- Loose clump or lightly secured
The name stays qualified
Molecular work places the aquarium plant inside Lomariopsis and close to L. lineata, while leaving room for a different species. The “cf.” is doing real work.
Useful density
Loose folds create sheltered feeding area for young shrimp. Dense mats still need inspection so trapped food and detritus do not become stagnant pockets.
Move it deliberately
Tiny fragments travel on nets, plants, and hands. Treat every fragment as both viable plant material and a possible carrier of snails or eggs.
Submerged · Aquarium moss
Java moss
Taxiphyllum cf. barbieriTrade name; aquarium mosses sold as Java moss are not always verified botanically
A fine-branched aquarium moss that tolerates modest light and creates dense, grazeable cover. The house name is useful operationally, while the qualified scientific name prevents a seller label from becoming false certainty.
Current record
Established and propagated across T-001 through T-006.
Deployment
- T-001–T-006Present in all six shrimp systems
- Original acquisition5 portions · Invoice #000129
- Growth form
- Branching pleurocarpous moss
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Propagation
- Trim and reattach fragments
- System value
- Shrimplet refuge and grazing mesh
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Low to moderate
- CO₂
- Optional
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) room target
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 room target
- GH
- 7–9 dGH room target
- Placement
- Attach loosely; keep flow through it
Trim, then collect
Loose cuttings spread easily and can enter filters or other tanks. Trim over a catch container and remove fragments before they become untracked stock.
Detritus is visible late
A moss mat can look clean while holding fine waste underneath. Lift, swish, and inspect portions as part of maintenance instead of relying on surface appearance.
Species needs microscopy
Branch form changes with light and flow. A confident moss species ID generally needs microscopic leaf and cell characters, not a phone photograph alone.
Submerged · Fine stem plant
Guppy grass
Najas cf. guadalupensisLikely southern waternymph; current stock has not been keyed from close characters
A brittle, highly branched submerged plant that can be left loose or lightly anchored. It creates immediate fine cover and can turn excess nutrients into harvestable plant mass when growth is kept open rather than compacted.
Current record
Current tracker placements are T-001, T-002, and T-003; density remains to be counted.
Deployment
- T-001 · T-002 · T-003Presence recorded · quantity not counted
- Growth form
- Brittle, branching submerged stems
- Growth rate
- Fast when established
- Propagation
- Stem fragments
- System value
- Fine cover and nutrient export
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Low to moderate
- CO₂
- Optional
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) room target
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 room target
- GH
- 7–9 dGH room target
- Placement
- Loose, floated, or lightly anchored
Breakage is propagation
Handling creates viable fragments. That is useful for production and inconvenient for containment, so every water change can change the inventory.
Keep the mass open
Thin dense tangles before their shaded centre declines. Regular harvest exports nutrients and preserves flow through the remaining stems.
What would confirm it
Close photographs of leaf bases, margins, tips, and flowers or fruit if present would support a real Najas key instead of relying on the guppy-grass trade name.
Submerged · Small-leaved stem plant
Pearl weed
Micranthemum sp.Trade label; M. glomeratum and M. micranthemoides names are frequently conflated
A small-leaved stem plant being managed as planted growth, not as a floating mass. The current record intentionally stops at genus because “pearl weed” is used inconsistently in the aquarium trade.
Current record
Dense established growth is recorded in T-002, T-005, and T-006.
Deployment
- T-002 · T-005 · T-006Established growth · present
- Growth form
- Small-leaved branching stem plant
- Growth rate
- Moderate to fast
- Propagation
- Tip and side-shoot cuttings
- System value
- Dense cover and harvestable growth
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Moderate
- CO₂
- Optional; changes growth density
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) room target
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 room target
- GH
- 7–9 dGH room target
- Placement
- Planted stems with room to branch
Planted growth matters
Planted and floated growth produce different form, access to light, and maintenance needs. The room's pearl weed portions are recorded as planted stock.
Reset from healthy tops
When bases shade or deteriorate, retain healthy tips and replant at sensible spacing rather than letting an old mat accumulate beneath itself.
Reference is not identification
The images show M. glomeratum as one common pearl-weed concept. They do not assign that species to the house plant without leaf, flower, and source evidence.
Submerged · Stem plant
Unidentified stem plant
Identification pendingRecovered deployment record did not preserve the plant name
This is a real stock record with a missing taxon, not a placeholder species. Keeping the deployment visible prevents the unnamed stems from disappearing from the inventory while photographs and source information are recovered.
Current record
Unresolved red and green stem-bundle material remains in T-003, T-004, and T-005; exact species and propagated counts are not claimed.
Deployment
- T-003 · T-004 · T-005Presence recorded · identities unresolved
- Original acquisitionPart of approximately 40 rooted stems · Invoice #000146
- Growth form
- Stem plant; finer ID unknown
- Quantity unit
- Clusters of 5 stems
- Propagation
- Do not assume until identified
- System value
- Living cover; uptake still being observed
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Moderate provisional start
- CO₂
- No requirement assigned yet
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) current room
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 current room
- GH
- 7–9 dGH current room
- Placement
- Planted in 5-stem groups
Observe before optimizing
New growth shape, internode length, root formation, and response to current light are useful evidence. Avoid species-specific dosing advice until the plant is known.
Keep one source record
A receipt, pot label, seller message, or original listing may resolve the name faster than appearance alone and should stay attached to the eventual record.
Photograph against scale
Include a ruler and neutral background. Aquarium magnification and wide-angle phone lenses make leaf size and spacing unreliable without scale.
Floating collection
A living canopy with roots below.
The floating record is kept separate because surface access, dry leaf tops, and containment drive its care more than substrate placement.
Floating · Rosette plant
Amazon frogbit
Hydrocharis laevigataWidely traded and recorded as Limnobium laevigatum
A free-floating rosette with long hanging roots that add shade, grazing surface, and vertical refuge. Current Kew taxonomy accepts Hydrocharis laevigata while the older Limnobium name remains common in aquarium records.
Current record
Confirmed stock has propagated and been redistributed; exact rosette lineage and current tank assignments are not defensible.
Deployment
- Room stock3 original rosettes · Invoice #000129 · current placements unresolved
- Growth form
- Free-floating stoloniferous rosette
- Growth rate
- Fast under favourable light
- Propagation
- Daughter plants on stolons
- System value
- Shade, root refuge, nutrient export
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Moderate overhead
- CO₂
- Atmospheric; no injection needed
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) room target
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 room target
- GH
- 7–9 dGH room target
- Surface
- Open air above; gentle movement
Keep the leaf tops dry
Persistent splashing and lid condensation can damage floating leaves. Preserve some calm, open surface instead of packing rosettes under wet glass.
Roots are working habitat
Hanging roots gather biofilm and suspended food while giving small shrimp vertical structure. Thin plants without stripping every root zone at once.
Contain every daughter plant
Fast floaters leave a system on nets, buckets, and discarded water. Excess is dried or otherwise contained—never released outdoors.
Riparium and companion collection
Roots near water. Growth in air.
Emergent and terrestrial plants are included without pretending they are submerged aquatics. Crown position, adult scale, and traceable cuttings matter here.
Riparium · Emergent aroid
Elephant ear / Colocasia
Colocasia sp.C. esculenta is a plausible cultivated group, not a confirmed house species
A large emergent aroid retained in T-006 with roots in the wet zone and foliage in air. Its roots are deliberately trimmed and maintained while the plant is allowed to grow.
Current record
One current shrimp-tank placement is confirmed in T-006. The former T-002 and T-003 placements had ended by September 8, 2026.
Deployment
- T-006Current · roots actively trimmed and maintained
- T-002 · T-003Former placements · actual removal dates unknown
- Growth form
- Tuberous emergent aroid
- Growth rate
- Moderate to fast when established
- Propagation
- Offsets or corm division after ID
- System value
- Large root zone and nutrient demand
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Bright; acclimate to intensity
- CO₂
- Atmospheric
- Root-zone temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) current room
- Root zone
- Wet to submerged
- Crown
- Dry and above the waterline
- Foliage
- Fully emergent with room to expand
Roots wet, crown dry
A wet root system is not the same as a submerged crown. Mounting must keep the growth point ventilated and above the normal and emergency waterline.
Plan for adult scale
Even a small start can outgrow a tank edge and shade lights. Support, clearance, and access for maintenance belong in the deployment plan.
Handle sap deliberately
Colocasia tissues contain irritating calcium oxalate crystals. Wear gloves for cuts and keep plant debris away from mouths, eyes, children, and pets.
Riparium · Emergent cutting
Syngonium ‘Salmon’
Syngonium cf. podophyllum ‘Salmon’‘Salmon’ is the retained house label; cultivar identity is not independently verified
An arrowhead-vine cutting with roots developing in aquarium water and its node held above the waterline. The record preserves the supplied ‘Salmon’ name without pretending that colour alone confirms a cultivar.
Current record
A historical house cutting is documented, but it is not present in the current per-tank tracker inventory.
Deployment
- Historical recordCurrent presence and placement need reconfirmation
- Growth form
- Climbing aroid vine
- Current stage
- Rooting node cutting
- Propagation
- Stem cutting with a node
- System value
- Emergent root surface and nutrient uptake
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- CO₂
- Atmospheric
- Root-zone temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) current room
- pH
- 6.8–7.6 current room
- Node
- At or above the waterline
- Support
- Basket mount with room to climb
The node is the boundary
Roots may stay wet while the node and foliage remain ventilated. Submerging the whole cutting converts an emergent setup into a rot test.
Colour is not a cultivar key
Light, age, and nutrition shift pink and salmon tones. A supplier label or traceable mother plant is needed before promoting ‘Salmon’ beyond a house label.
Aroid sap caution
Syngonium sap can irritate skin and contains calcium oxalate. Wash after pruning and keep cut material contained.
Riparium · Emergent rhizome
Canna lily
Canna sp.Species and cultivar not recorded; C. indica images are reference forms only
A vigorous emergent rhizome plant being tested with roots in water and the crown kept dry. The genus record is secure enough for operations; flower and leaf characters are still needed for a finer name.
Current record
One mature emergent Canna is currently recorded in T-005; leaf damage is being observed.
Deployment
- T-0051 mature emergent plant · current presence confirmed
- Growth form
- Large rhizomatous emergent
- Growth rate
- Fast in strong light
- Propagation
- Rhizome division
- System value
- High-demand emergent growth
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Bright to high
- CO₂
- Atmospheric
- Root-zone temperature
- 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) current room
- Roots
- Wet to submerged
- Crown
- Dry and supported
- Clearance
- Allow for tall leaves and shoots
Watch the crown, not just the roots
Healthy white roots do not excuse a soft crown. Inspect the transition zone regularly and correct mounts before water reaches the rhizome.
A large nutrient sink is still large
Rapid emergent growth can export nutrients, but mature canna also demands space, light, and structural support. Pruning access must remain practical.
Flowers may solve the record
Full plant, leaf, rhizome, and especially flower photographs can narrow the Canna ID. Until then, C. indica remains a photo reference—not the house name.
Riparium · Emergent perennial
Spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum
A tough emergent perennial with fleshy roots and arching foliage. It can use aquarium water as a root zone while its crown and leaves stay in air, making it useful at a small household system without treating it as a submerged aquatic plant.
Current record
A historical household plant is documented, but it is not present in the current tracker inventory.
Deployment
- Historical recordCurrent presence and placement need reconfirmation
- Growth form
- Rosette-forming perennial
- Root type
- Thick, fleshy storage roots
- Propagation
- Plantlets or division
- System value
- Emergent uptake and root structure
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- CO₂
- Atmospheric
- Root-zone temperature
- 20–24 °C (68–75 °F)
- Roots
- Water access with oxygenated flow
- Crown
- Dry and above splash
- Foliage
- Open air; trim damaged leaves
It is emergent, not aquatic
Roots may adapt to water, but the crown and foliage are not meant to live submerged. The mount should make that distinction physically obvious.
Transition roots can be messy
Soil-grown roots may die back while water-adapted roots form. Remove decaying material in stages and protect water quality during the transition.
Plantlets create traceable stock
Runner plantlets are easy propagation units. Record the mother plant and destination so distributed starts remain part of the living inventory.
Terrestrial · Companion record
Polka dot plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
A rooted terrestrial foliage plant retained in the plant inventory because it is physically present, while clearly separated from the submerged and riparium production records. It is not counted as aquarium filtration.
Current record
One pink-spotted or pink-rimmed emergent polka dot plant is currently recorded in T-006; no cultivar is claimed.
Deployment
- T-006Current presence confirmed · cultivar unresolved
- Growth form
- Small terrestrial subshrub
- Colour record
- Pink-spotted / pink-rimmed house form; cultivar unresolved
- Propagation
- Stem cuttings
- System value
- Companion plant; not aquarium export
Growing target
Fit the plant to the system.
Room values describe the present operating environment. Provisional IDs do not receive invented species limits.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- CO₂
- Atmospheric
- Air temperature
- 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
- Moisture
- Evenly moist; not waterlogged
- Substrate
- Aerated terrestrial mix
- Habit
- Pinch tips to maintain branching
Keep the category honest
This plant belongs on the current inventory, but not in claims about submerged cover, shrimp refuge, or nutrient export from aquarium water.
Moist is not saturated
Polka dot plants prefer consistent moisture with air at the roots. A flooded pot or submerged stem base invites decline.
Record the actual colour
Pink, white, red, and mixed forms are common. A simple whole-plant and leaf photograph will convert the current generic colour record into a useful house entry.
How to read this catalogue
A living inventory, not a solved taxonomy.
Trade names stay visibly provisional
Anubias, Java moss, pearl weed, guppy grass, Syngonium ‘Salmon’, and canna remain at the strongest rank supported by the room record. Familiarity is not evidence.
Deployment is part of identity
Planted versus floated, crown dry versus submerged, and the exact destination tank all change how a plant behaves. Those details belong beside the name, not in somebody's memory.
Every plant movement is biosecurity
Plants can carry snails, eggs, algae, pathogens, and viable fragments. Material is inspected between systems and never released outdoors.
Sources and photo credits
Selected references
Reference photographs
All photographs were locally resized and centre-cropped. The linked originals retain full file and licence details.
- Anubias: planting — Abhik.Mazumdar.73, CC BY 4.0; compact form — Colamc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Süsswassertang: in water — Rǫgn, CC BY-SA 4.0; thallus — Obsidian Soul, CC BY 4.0.
- Java moss: portion — S.Tanaka, public domain; submerged form, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Guppy grass: live plant — Timothy McNitt, CC BY 4.0; whole plant — Robert H. Mohlenbrock / USDA NRCS, public domain.
- Pearl weed comparisons: view one and view two — Obsidian Soul, CC0.
- Frogbit: rosettes — FrozenAvatar, CC BY-SA 4.0; roots — Graf zu Pappenheim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Colocasia comparisons: leaf — Jeevan Jose, CC BY-SA 4.0; habit — Kahuroa, public domain.
- Syngonium: juvenile habit — Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0; mature structure — Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Canna comparisons: form one and form two — Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Spider plant: foliage — Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0; plantlets — W.carter, CC0.
- Polka dot plant: pink form and pale form — Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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