Clownfish wont sleep?

[reef diver]

My clown wont sleep, it is constantly swimming, it is hosting, but won't sleep there.

 

[fishy7]

Never know about clowns. They all have their own ways of thinking and doing business.

 

[reef diver]

LOL, mine is like a mandarin, hes eating all the pods off of my glass. Bang do you have a reason?

 

[beth]

Clowns always refuse to sleep when you watch them....

 

[reef diver]

Well what should I do, Im always up at night with my computer on, but I have it pointing away from the tank, so there doesnt seem to be much light entering the tank. I turn my circulation PH on a a night cycle (off) with my filtration ones still working(so thereis no oxygenation loss. I find him at the surface or at the front of the tank closest to the light (Hes not gasping for air at the surface, he is just below it.)

 

[rs1831]

I bet they are sleeping. When I first got my clowns I didn't think that they were sleeping but then I realized that they were. I had never seen fish sleep like that before but thats how they do it. All my other fish sleep in the rocks.

 

[reef diver]

ok well mine has settled down it is sleeping in the anemone

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by Reef Diver
LOL, mine is like a mandarin, hes eating all the pods off of my glass. Bang do you have a reason?
Clownfish along with most other damsels are omnivores and will eat just about anything they can find except coral.

 

[renogaw]

mine seem to sleep face pointed down to the bottom of the tank in the back corner under my filter. really weird.

 

[reef diver]

The new white things appear about every 2 weweks, always after my cleaner shrimp release another batch of eggs. Hmm unlimited mandarin food supply!