how does ur clown fish sleep?

[zephyros]

Hi guys,

I've a mater pair of ture clown but no anemone.

After lights off, the clown fish will swim near to the water surface

and hang arnd there, i preesume sleeping.

Is this normal? Coz other fishes will go into the hiding in the LR.

I had a tunze running 24x7 so the water is pretty chopping near

the surface. Do u think i need to switch off the tunze at night

to give the clown fish better sleep?

How and where does ur clown fish sleep?

cheers

[elimmel]

how long have you had your clowns?

my pair did the same thing when i 1st got them.

after a couple of weeks, they decided it was "safe" to venture the tank and looking to host something.

mine tried the zoos for a while but settled on the octo.

[zephyros]

i had mine for 1mnt+ ... i do not have coral such as octo, bubble,

hammer etc ... most are zoos and mushi ... had a plate, but plate

tentacles retract at night

[ervine]

mine used to sleep under a LR arch of sorts.. after a while it moved into a hammer coral and now it stays there almost all the time...

[framerunner]

Mine is sleeping at the corner top of the tank. My pair still dare not venture out far after 1 month.

[cowbox]

hehe My 2 clowns have a weird attraction towards my seio waterhead. Every night they will be swimming slowly around, like doing some belly dancing for the pump

[jem]

hmm...

bro/sis cowbox

watch it carefully...they may be mating =)

[zephyros]

was thinking whether shld i stop the tunze at night so the water not so choppy

[kthc]

My two clowns also hangs around the top corner while sleeping... been doing that since I introduce them into the tank in July.

Think they like the choppy water cos always see them 'smiling' while swimming in front of the water current

[cowbox]

Hi JEm

So they might be mating? With the pump??!! or setting the home at the pump?? haha

usually at night when clowns sleep, they can be any part of the tank. Sometimes mine is near the seio(near the top) or at the sand bed. Their movment is like what i said very wigglely, like doing slow belly dancing

[cci[RR]us]

My nemos used to sleep like this!

http://www.arofanatics.com/members/ccirrus...ndex.php?page=1

(see pictures 7th, 8th and 9th from the top)

Weird, then when the anemone came they all slept inside. Heh.

[andylee]

If they "sleep" at surface of water 24/7 for 1 week.. Be prepared to say bye bye to them..

[Flame-Tail]

Mine sleeps like this