treesprite Report post Posted February 11 (edited) I turned the light on to look in my tank, and saw my striped blenny laying on his side on a little ledge on the liverock, all pale and limp. I used a grabber thing to lightly touch him thinking he might be dead, thinking I would have to grab the corpse out of the tank. For a fraction of a second he didn't move, so I really thought he was dead and all kinds of reef problem stuff starting rushing through my head. Then he moved real slow, and I thought although he is alive, he looks really sick. I went and got some frozen food to see what would happen. The little bugger perked up immediately and his color all came back. I didn't know that blennies sleep like that, and are slow to waking up, and that their colors fade (he is partly yellow, but had no yellow at all when I found him). Something I don't think to research when I get a new fish is the sleeping behavior, which isn't the most important thing, but it will keep me from freaking out if I know ahead of time that a fish sleeps as if it is dead (this fish is not new). Edited February 11 by treesprite Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheyCallMeMr.703 Report post Posted February 11 That's pretty funny/awsome he is ok and healthy... Must've been a party you didn't know about? Sent from my LM-Q610(FGN) using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treesprite Report post Posted February 11 (edited) 15 minutes ago, TheyCallMeMr.703 said: That's pretty funny/awsome he is ok and healthy... Must've been a party you didn't know about? Sent from my LM-Q610(FGN) using Tapatalk LOL. I wish he had invited me! I wish I had taken a picture while he was still laying on the rock, but the situation was too urgent for me to think about posting pictures on the internet. Next time I catch him that way, I will take pictures. Edited February 11 by treesprite Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bues0022 Report post Posted February 11 Fish sure can sleep goofy! One of my clowns likes to sleep in a little cave where the BTA’s foot is - but it floats up the the roof of the cave, belly up, looking all faded and terrible, and doesn’t move or wiggle at all. It sure gave me a start the first time I saw it like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sen5241b Report post Posted February 11 Sleepin with the fishes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mogurnda Report post Posted February 11 I first thought the title was "Dead Fish Care." I figured you could either cook or toss it, depending on freshness. I have this problem all the time with the FW loaches. They lie in the most unlikely positions in the middle of the day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YHSublime Report post Posted February 11 Like the first time I ever got a Hippo Tang, thought the thing was getting ready to croak! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ohaverd Report post Posted February 15 My new two barred foxface in QT had me worried the first day I got him. I didnt know they go all "camoflaugee" when scared. The little coward still plays dead when I enter the room lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
