Royal gramma missing

[Dudefish82]

Hello,

I just bought a tiny royal gramma about an inch long last Wednesday who had been quarantined in the lfs. He was eating well. I added him to my 25 gallon tank which has been running for almost 2 years. I saw a glimpse of him on Thursday and thats the last time I saw him. I was rescaping the tank today so I took out my rocks and the gramma was no where to be found.
Stocklist:
2 x clowns
1 x blackcap basslet
1 × yellow assessor
1 × tiny mandarin
1 × leopard wraase (moving to bigger tank soon)
None of the fish are aggressive all keep to themselves. During introducing no one cared about the gramma.

Whats the chances his dead? He is probably the tiniest gramma I've seen. Not sure if he was still in the rocks when I took the rocks out.

 

[W31Olds]

When I got mine about 2 years ago, he was the smallest one I'd ever seen. About 1" and he went into the rockwork of my QT Tank and would appear sporadically. Today he is about 2'5" but still likes to hide inside the rockwork. If I had to guess that's where yours is but he could have passed, but don't be surprised if he reappears. Try some Frozen Brine or Mysis. Grammas are picky and don't seem to prefer pellets.

 

[RobertK]

Have you looked in your overflow? My gramma was in my overflow for 2 months before I found him there. I thought he was dead so I bought another one. Now I have two!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Mine likes to hide all day, only comes out for feeding.
Fish can hide in holes in the rocks, did you inspect each rock when you removed it? It is a possibility that it was hiding, and you might have blocked his exit when replacing the rocks.