Fish sleeping!

gelica084 · Mar 10, 2015

Anyone have any fish that sleep funny?
I was looking at my tank last night and my scooter blenny was just floating around the tank all limp and it freaked me out! I thought he was dead. Then I tried to touch him and he woke up and swam away lol.

Joeganja · Mar 10, 2015

my hippo tang sleeps on its side. my black spotted puffer tucks himself between rocks. My goby sleeps under a rock in the sand. My wrasses sleep in the sand usually with their heads facing up

haleyf1024 · Mar 10, 2015

My valentini puffer sticks himself onto the rocks straight up and down. I always thought it was funny that my skunk shrimp do a little dance with their front arms when they sleep. My purple tang just sorta looks dazed and and floats around everywhere.

redsea01 · Mar 10, 2015

Good idea for a thread! It's always cool to observe fish at night. Here are some habits I have noticed:

From past aquariums:
Niger Triggerfish would sleep wedged in the rockwork
I think my Blue Hippo would sleep sideways sort of under a rock
My Sixline Wrasse would make a little mucus cocoon and sleep in the rocks

Currently in my 29g BioCube:
My Black Ice Clown likes to sleep right above my return at the top of the tank, and my Purple Firefish sleeps under a rock, never anywhere else. It's funny, once some of my Mexican Turbos/a Hermit were covering the opening and I was afraid he was trapped, but he got out just fine! :)