my jd sucks

[Sab_Fan]

never know with JDs and convicts . . . my male JD was absolute best buds with a male convict, they never fought at all . . . and my EBJD also gets along great with convicts . . .

but yes, I do think it might help your JD if you introduced either a) dither fish, or b) another cichlid; could also try Firemouth or a female JD

 

[Snowflake311]

Yes try some dither fish and a convict or firemouth. He might just be bored and lazy.

 

[FishFreak95]

Im such a noob!!! Whats a dither?

 

[Brandon14]

a dither fish is a fish that other fish can take there aggression out on, and/or make the other fish more comfterable coming out into the open.

I think some danios would do the job nicely, i used a school of danios to perk up my ebjd's awhile back and they worked out great, plus they were a little to fast for the jack to catch so they usually escaped unharmed.

Brandon

 

[broken]

I was in your exact situation with my JD and i tried a couple of different dithers in his tank. he usually ended up eaing them within a day or two.
I tried a convict and the con almost killed him.
I recently tried a school of 15 giant danios and they seem to be doing the trick so far.

 

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

Whats your temp at?

I would turn it to at least 78-80 degrees and add some dithers.

 

[fishnoob]

temp is 80. gonna go to the fish store soon.

 

[steelshade]

Dithers could indeed make him less shy if they didn't get eaten. People mentioned giant danios and I agree with them because that's what I have used.

 

[screaminleeman]

Place a small figurile of Michelle Obama in the cave. Your JD will be scared to enter.

 

[slimline138]

It's funny, sone JDs hide all the time while others won't ever stop begging for food...

I have 4 in my 90. Three are all over the place and the 4th only come out at feeding time. I think adding a fish to liven up the house would be good.