Do clown fish ever sleep?

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  1. sean122

    sean122 Astrea Snail

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    i have two clowns in my 100gal, the fish are probably aboutan inch or two in size there only babies but i never see them sleep ever time i come in the room without the lights on there still flapping about like mad, and how come they never take cover in the rocks??

    Sean
     
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  3. telstar

    telstar Fire Worm

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    My maroon clown hides behind the heater at night, I guess that is where he sleeps.
     
  4. JohnFritts

    JohnFritts Peppermint Shrimp

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    mine goto the area of the tank that has limited movement and they just do lil motions every now and then whey they start to float up.. but that's their sleeping spot.
     
  5. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    My maroon clown sleeps in his anemone at night. He wriggles around but doesn't come out until the lights turn on in the morning. My lawnmower blenny actually sleeps in the zoas as they fold up for the night - the damsels hide in the rocks.
     
  6. bc219

    bc219 Millepora

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    My maroon builds a next every night, about two hours before the lights go off she starts moving substrate around by pushing large pieces or picking them up one by one with her mouth and placing them elsewhere.

    In my other tank my Clarkii sleeps in the seabe and doesn't come out until I turn the TV or a lamp on in the morning.
     
  7. m_hsiao

    m_hsiao Purple Spiny Lobster

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    i have a pair of percs and 1 saddleback clown and they all sleep in my seabae anemone :p
    yes they do get along because i introduced the 3 of them together, and the pers have paired and still tend to leave the black saddleback alone :p
     
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  9. sean122

    sean122 Astrea Snail

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    maybe i need a seabae nem
     
  10. bc219

    bc219 Millepora

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    If you get one they are usually white, and that is not good, make sure you feed it often for the first couple months. When the zooanthelle starts becoming more plentiful it will start to brown and that's a good sign. Many people don't have good luck with seabes and not getting them healthy in the beginning is a major cause of it.
     
  11. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    Sleep no fish don't sleep like us, but they do go through periods of inactivity at night.
     
  12. sean122

    sean122 Astrea Snail

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    is there a sort of minimum length of time your tank shouls be set up before getting a nem??