Animals loose colr at night.,..?

[drperetz]

Many of my inverts and fish loose there color at night. Its weard, they look like they are diing but in the morning its back to basics.....:biglaugh:

 

[marrone]

Most if not all fish change colors when the lights go out. It gives them camouflage and lets them blend in to the surroundings as they sleep. A really good example is Rabbit fish and Foxfaces.

 

[drperetz]

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Herliquin shrimp and mandarin goby...

 

[ellebelle]

Sure! My midas blenny turns brown and my wrasse's colors wash out a lot.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

isnt it also because of the water containing less oxygen at night or sumtin like that...

 

[BroRage]

mandarins... and one of my favorites is the grouper..where u look at them for a while they start to bounce from one pattern of colors to another...

 

[EmilyT]

yup and my shrooms shrivel up too...
sometimes i worry that they will never go back to normal
lol