Clownfish sleeping vertically - any problem?

[gbose]

I'm not sure if I just noticed it, but one of my perculas has taken to sleeping vertically -- head-down. Is this OK, or a sign of swim-bladder problems? He seems fine when he wakes up.....

GBose

 

[LSUFireGal]

Mine do this all time. One lays flat on thr sand and one sleeps like that.

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[nivek]

Haha that is how some of them sleep. Absolutely normal.

 

[Akshay]

Yup all normal...theres a reason they r called clowns!

 

[Mayja]

What? You mean fish are supposed to be horizontal??? Lol! J/K

My clownfish have always slept that way. For a while when they were my only fish, vertical swimming was all I saw, especially since the overflow is their host.

 

[saltfan]

Funny fish they are..

 

[DianaKay]

Gotta LVE our CLOWNFISH....they keep us guessing
Mine sleep together in their mini terra cotta clay pot & all is well :sleeping:

 

[gbose]

Ok, thanks, everyone. I got a bit nervous there. Glad to hear I'm OK :whstlr:

 

[Kongor]

Yeah I used to get nervous about my clowns but then realized why the name clown fish exists. They do some weird and funny stuff, one of them slept horizontally with his head stuck in a empty barnacle shell.

 

[sicksnoopy71]

Yea they sleep pretty cool. Most aren't afraid to sleep out in the open. head down-butt up, horizontal, belly sideways, seen it all in how they sleep.

 

[whippetguy]

here's one of my favorite photos of my clowns sleeping vertically.

 

[jerry26]

my clowns will sleep on their sides in my flowerpot. i thought they were dead so many times until i realized thats just the way they are.

 

[mikethebike7]

I have a calleplesiops 'marine betta' who does that, as well as I had a trigger fish do that.

 

[YNot]

One of mine likes to sleep on the overflow gate.
My son thought that he had died and was sucked up to the gate.

I reached in and goosed him and well...silly clown. Not dead. Just letting the flow keep him in one place while he napped.
Now we see him doing it all the time. Chances are, he's doing it now.

 

[Mayja]

Exactly!! Mine does the same thing!

One of mine likes to sleep on the overflow gate.
My son thought that he had died and was sucked up to the gate.

I reached in and goosed him and well...silly clown. Not dead. Just letting the flow keep him in one place while he napped.
Now we see him doing it all the time. Chances are, he's doing it now.