Last 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.

Caridina denticulata denticulata

Caridina denticulata denticulata

Caridina denticulata denticulata

Caridina denticulata denticulata

Caridina denticulata denticulata

Caridina denticulata denticulata

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