T-011 · 5g
Upper row · far left
Leech curiosity and observation tank · current census unknown
An open journal of progress
The room,
at a glance.
This is the public-facing picture of the shrimp room: the systems being built, the animals and plants shaping the work, and the questions still worth asking. It is a journal, not a live operating log.
Public room snapshot
Reading the room…
Physical map · confirmed Sept. 8, 2026
Eleven numbered tanks, with empty systems shown honestly.
L = long; S = standard. Sizes are nominal US gallons. Empty hatchery vessels remain active room infrastructure, not stocked animal systems.
T-003 · 20L
Upper row · second from left
Orange Sunkist Neocaridina
T-002 · 20L
Upper row · third from left
Blue Diamond Neocaridina
T-001 · 20L
Upper row · far right
Bloody Mary Neocaridina
T-010 · 5g
Lower row · far left
Saline larval vessel · empty
T-009 · 5g
Lower row · second from left
C. multidentata saline larval vessel · empty
T-008 · 5g
Lower row · third from left
Amano hatchery · empty
T-007 · 20S
Lower row · fourth from left
Amano juvenile grow-out · no shrimp or larvae
T-005 · 20S
Lower row · fifth from left
Wild C. multidentata · 5 last reported Sept. 7
T-004 · 20S
Lower row · far right
Yellow Goldenback Neocaridina
T-006 · 30S
Separate stand immediately left
White-phenotype C. multidentata
The standard
The targets we work toward.
These are the freshwater shrimp-room target bands used to guide care and maintenance. They are standards—not a substitute for the private operating log or a guarantee from a single test.
Monitoring baselineTrend history is being established before any system is called stable or marked for investigation.
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C
- pH
- 6.8–7.6
- GH
- 7–9 dGH
- KH
- 3–5 dKH
- TDS
- 180–260 ppm
- Ammonia / nitrite
- 0 ppm
- Nitrate
- Under 10 ppm
The systems
Six resident shrimp systems, four utility vessels, one leech observation tank.
Four Neocaridina lines
Bloody Mary, Blue Diamond, Sunkist Orange, and Yellow Fire / Goldenback colonies form the breeding foundation of the room.
Two Amano groups
Wild and captive-bred Amanos support observation work around habitat use, visibility, and future lifecycle research.
A living plant registry
Mosses, stems, rhizomes, floaters, and emergent plants are being mapped alongside each system as the room develops.
One observation project
A Barbronia cf. weberi culture established with Fred and Fiona is maintained in T-011 while identity, diet, behaviour, and the current census remain open questions.
Current focus
Careful progress over quick claims.
The public record is deliberately broad: it shares what the room is working toward without turning care into a performance or publishing the private operating log.
- Stabilizing distinct shrimp lines with welfare-first husbandry.
- Learning which habitat structures make animal behaviour easier to observe without forcing it.
- Building a reliable baseline for water, livestock, plants, and maintenance before scaling anything.
- Documenting the leech project without turning a provisional identification or an inconclusive feeding trial into a claim.