Grammodes isn't eating?

[florencejr11]

It could be stressed out by just having the jag there or the jag may have brought a parasite with it. Move some biological media into the 10g, and keep the jag there for a couple of weeks (watching the cycle). See if the grammodes becomes like its old self.

2 days of you being gone is enough time for the jag to have annoyed the grammodes enough into hiding.

I'll start on this tonight when I go home to feed them.

 

[duanes]

Night crawlers do not normally carry parasites.
But after eating one, it might not eat again for a couple days normally.
One thing I notices, it seems you have a very bright white substrate, which could be making the grammodes paranoid, there doesn't appear to be any hiding places, and at this point in its life, it is totally vulnerable (instinctually) to predation by birds, especially where they stick out like a sore thumb. (it appears it is washing out, trying to blend in with the substrate

 

[Deadeye]

If it stopped eating when the jag was introduced, there’s your likely answer. The addition of a new fish into its territory is probably stressing it out.

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

All the grammodes I've kept (about 8) have been consummate hiders, they'd only come out to strike at food, then quickly back to their hole.
Or when they are guarding fry, to protect them as the fry school. They are lurk and strike predators.
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The pair above killed any other fish I tried to house with it, cichlids, dithers like live bearers, it didn't matter.
I had a friend who kept a pair with other cichlids, but the tank was a 240 gal, and the grammodes owned about a third of it, allowing no trespassers

they're called "mini-DOVII" for a reason lol

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

I have grammodes Cichlid that's about 3" in a 60 he/she shares a tank with a jag that's anywhere from .75 to a inch the jag is a baby and the grammodes doesn't even pay attention to it. Also a galaxy Pleco. My grammodes just stop eating recently.. I'll feed him half a night crawler when im going to my girlfriends house to help with our son. Reason I did that is because I just felt a night crawler will fill the grammodes up and it keeps it occupied. Came back after two days and now this dude don't want nothing. Pellets, blood worms, krill, or worms. But jag is eating everything. Water is fine. I passed my water test. Now it just hides and stays in one spot for about 5-10 minutes before moving to another spot he does this for about 30 mins then he goes into a cave and just lays at the bottom. Whenever I see a fish that's not a bottom dweller at the bottom I feel like something is wrong with it especially if my other fish are swimming around. Pls help I don't want to loose my grammodes. I added two pics I took the night before. Hopefully someone with an eye can spot something or just another grammodes owner can give me feedback.

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something about your Grammodes looks off. He seems too pale. This might be a sign of sickness or stress or might just be because of substrate.

 

[Deadeye]

something about your Grammodes looks off. He seems too pale. This might be a sign of sickness or stress or might just be because of substrate.

Likely the substrate.

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

Likely the substrate.

yeah probably. My firemouth looks albino with a white substrate.

 

[Gourami Swami]

It could be stressed out by just having the jag there or the jag may have brought a parasite with it. Move some biological media into the 10g, and keep the jag there for a couple of weeks (watching the cycle). See if the grammodes becomes like its old self.

2 days of you being gone is enough time for the jag to have annoyed the grammodes enough into hiding.

I agree it is probably competition with the jaguar. I have kept small grammodes and they were not the most outgoing fish, pretty shy. I have kept similar species Istlantum to adulthood and found they get much more outgoing after about 6", have heard same thing happens for grammodes.
Personally with small shy cichlids I like to grow them out in smaller tanks and upgrade as they grow, so that they can find food easily and are not as skittish. 10 gallons not enough but if you had a 30-40 I would put the grammodes in there, let him groe a bit and let the jag grow, then move the grammodes to the 60g alone after a couple inches.