Hi Everyone My First Venture Into Fish

[jimboshrimp]

hi everyone I've not been back on for a few days...Jimbo my shrimp has unfortunately met with a sad end...I hadn't seen him for a few days so presumed he was hiding in my submarine but yesterday when we were doing the water change I noticed something brown and long on the carpet near the tank area...it was Jimbo I have no idea how he got out whether he was on the lid near the filter and somehow fell off ? when it was opened to feed them all ,  it obviously had happened a little while ago as he was crispy and definitely dead....do they climb out occasionally ? im a bit reluctant to get another one if this is what they do because obviously it suffered before died with no water etc ...Captain Nemo and everyone else doing fine
We found one small snail last night (definitely not an offspring from Nemo) when the night light was on and had not seen any before although the plants had been in 3 weeks and I thought we had been lucky to get away with none
Hope you are all keeping well

 

[Ninjouzata]

I'm so sorry for your loss! 

 
Yes shrimp can be little escape artists.
 
What are your water parameters if I may ask? I wonder if there was a reason it wanted out of the tank.
Not trying to be rude just sometimes there is a reason like bad water.
 
It can take a while for snails to appear, I wouldn't worry over it, as long as you don't overfeed there shouldn't be a problem. They're a good clean up crew too

 

[jimboshrimp]

hi Mariah I water tested yesterday and all 0 and ph 7 so I think all ok but there is a small gap at the back of the tank where the filter sits so maybe he climbed out of there ? who knows and he definitely can't tell me lol not seen any more little snails yet so hopefully was just a rogue one

 

[fishman2014]

welcome to the forum