Apr
22
2011
Shrimp
Posted by Vitalie CiubotaruLast summer I bought I small fish tank. Now there is a dozen of guppies, a bunch of small snails, some plants and … freshwater shrimp. I didn’t buy the shrimps. I saw a number of them in a pond while wondering in a local park. I caught a couple of large specimen and carried them home. I was hot and I was carrying them in an empty Coke bottle, so most of them didn’t make up to my home. I don’t remember if any survived in the tank, but some days later I was very surprised to see the same kind of shrimp thriving in а ditch along the road close to my house. Not sure how exactly I came across them. Probably I discovered them when I released some of my snails that multiplied out of proportion during the warm season. Anyway, most, if not all, of the shrimp that I keep now come from that ditch.
After some googling and some visits to pet-stores, I was able to identify the species that they belong to. It’s Caridina denticulata denticulata. Below are some pictures of my little cuties.
