turning on lights in the middle of the night...

[socalracer]

i was gone late today so when i returned home i turned my lihgt, which is on an auto timer, on to feed them and when i did my flame hawk was very pale pretty much a whitish pink and my blue devil damsel had turned himself black and my bicolor blenny was also pale is this b/c they were thinking it was night time to them or is this a cause for concern......anyone turn their light on at like 2 in the moring and seen their fish like this?

 

[alyssia]

It's normal. My chromis gets black spots at night and my mandarin gets very pale. I think it has something to do with them trying to camoflauge (sp) themselves.

 

[socalracer]

thanks...that makes me feel a little better

 

[teen]

if you get home that late, you can wait till the next day to feed them. they wont die because they missed a day of feeding. i dont feed my fish everyday, i feed like two days in a row, and then let them graze off the live rock for a day or two.