I was away for six days over Christmas and when I got back I found two of my 3 BB on the floor. The last one seems ok and the other shrimp (including the four new cherries that I got when I was away) seem fine.
I recall Mustafa always saying shrimp only try to leave the tank if they don't like water parameters or conditions in the tank. My one guess would be that maybe your fish got hungry and chased the shrimp, at which time they leapt.
I have no other fish in my 15 GL other then then the Clown pleco.
|1 Red Nose, 1 Wood, 1 Amano, 6 Cherries & 1 Bumblebee Shrimp| |Japanese Trap Door Snails...| | Clown Pleco|
(The above stayed in the tank... minus the four new cherries)
how about adverse water conditions? If your ph is still at 7.6 (and probably pretty hard water, too) then that could be a reason for bumblebee shrimp to look for a new home outside your tank. Bumblebee shrimp need soft, acidic water to thrive.
Your explanation is the only one that make's any sense as the other shrimp that I have in there can live at variable pH or live at that pH... with the exception of the BB that is
what a bummer.