My Wrasse Sleeps Late

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

I bought a yellow canary wrasse about a week ago, i have started to notice a definte sleep pattern.

This fish sleeps till 10 - 10:30 everday. He pops out of the sand and starts his day.

FYI my lights go on a 630AM

I have never in my life seen this anyone ever have a fish who sleeps late.

 

[prattreef]

Fish that bury in the sand have pretty well defined internal clocks and it will take awhile for it to adjust to your daylight hours. It is pretty amazing how locked in they get and emerge at almost the exact same time daily.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Pratt

Its funny cause the store i got it from opens at 10 but keeps the lights on till 10 at night. This fish is def in the sand when i get home at 530.

I didnt know that, I just thought he was lazy and wanted to sleep late.

 

[Tommy Boy]

My potters leopard sleeps late too and goes to bed early. Its up at about 12-1230 and goes to bed when the day lights turn off (830-9) never mind that the t5s are on for 2 hours after that. It amuses me how he has his own schedule which he finds more suitable then the one i set for them

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

+1

Food cant even get him out of his slumber.

 

[Tommy Boy]

actually if i feed with in 10min of him going to bed he comes out again...greedy little thing...

 

[Bdub]

Does your wrasse create a bubble around its body when it sleeps? I used to have a wrasse that did that and thought it was pretty unique.

 

[KathyC]

Does your wrasse create a bubble around its body when it sleeps? I used to have a wrasse that did that and thought it was pretty unique.

Only wrasses that sleep in the rock work do this. The ones that sleep in the sand-bed have no need to do so.
And yes, it is a very interesting aspect of wrasses.