Do any of your fish panic at lights out?

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by Moxtrain, Feb 22, 2012.

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  1. Saltwatercoral2

    Saltwatercoral2 Astrea Snail

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    My old tank I had, when I turned the lights off, my yellow tang went crazy!.. It was fun to watch though!
     
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  3. Moxtrain

    Moxtrain Peppermint Shrimp

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    Have you noticed any empty PBR cans by the aquarium? algae encrusted cars around the mandarins area?
     
  4. Moxtrain

    Moxtrain Peppermint Shrimp

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    I feel like I just missed something happen before lights out that freaked them out. The clowns didn't even flinch last night when the lights went out.
     
  5. bucksfan1976

    bucksfan1976 Banned

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    My clowns dont panic they just go to a corner and sit there all night, my file fish sleeps head down, rest of fish just go into caves. All the inverts and starfish love it when its dark. I have pcs, halides and moon lights. I slowly shut them off in hour intervials.
     
  6. Moxtrain

    Moxtrain Peppermint Shrimp

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    Usually mine do too =) I also stagger my lights by an hour bc I assumed originally it would lessen the shock of having the sun suddenly go dark every night.