Mini shrimp; underwater cleaners

Hi Hive Lovers

You often see various types of shrimp, but you will rarely see this type of mini-sized ornamental shrimp. Their longest size is only 1 cm, and their body is only the size of your toothpick.

This mini shrimp is one of the inhabitants of my freshwater aquascape, along with several other small fish. But now my aquascape appears to be overrun with wild water moss hordes.

I really haven't taken care of my aquascape for two weeks due to my being busy at work and out of town for the end of the year. Normally, I change the aquascape water once a week on my weekend off.

In my opinion, the growth of this wild water moss is affected by the excessive light that I have installed to shine there. Ideally, the light in an aquascape only lights up for 5–6 hours in every 24 hours.

Imagine a light shining on the water for two weeks without the water changing. It's like a stagnant pond that gets sunlight all the time, and the water in that pool is sure to get mossy, right?

But the presence of wild water mosses in my aquascape has brought good news to the mini shrimps in it. They seem to be very busy all the time. I had never seen them that busy before the appearance of the wild water mosses.

Now these mini shrimps are seen all the time shoving something into their mouths with their little hands around their mouths—actually, they're not really hands, just little pincers that are around their mouths.

I couldn't really see what they were eating, but the whole area they had been in seemed to be cleaner. They appear to be an underwater cleaning crew, sharing the task of cleaning all areas of the aquascape that have become overgrown with wild water moss.

Before my small aquascape was overgrown with moss, these mini shrimp only enjoyed leftovers that were not completely devoured by the fish that were there.

But now that these little shrimp are really busy, it appears that they have realized that I will be cleaning up the wild water moss as my little year-end project soon. So they have stolen the time to first take advantage of the cleaning opportunity.

I painstakingly photographed their cleaning work. These mini shrimp can be seen moving quickly and in a hurry while performing their cleaning duties.

I don't think they want to be disturbed while doing their job. If I don't use macro mode on my #SamsungA52 cellphone camera, then you won't be able to clearly enjoy some of the photos of those who are busy cleaning this underwater area.

I've photographed them dozens of times, and I really find it very difficult to get a good photo of them. They just keep moving. You know, for moving objects, it will always look blurry if you use the macro mode on your camera.

The truth is that all types of shrimp are actually aquatic animals that work to keep their ecosystems clean and healthy, and they never stop to keep moving.

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