Clown that never sleeps?

[Jojo1628]

I noticed that my clown always swims, do they ever sleep? I'm up like 3 in the morning and he's still swimming, although in one spot at night...he doesn't hide in the rocks or anything, just swims next to my algae cleaner...weird...

 

[dustin_P74]

yeah, hes asleep but that gotta keep moving

 

[reeffreak]

I've never seen any of my clowns sleep through the years.They may fan the sandbed and lay in it,cuddle up to a host coral but actually sleep,no.Maybe the clown isn't comfortable with the surrounding just yet or the room is too bright.

 

[lightcs4]

Yeah, as others mentioned, they never seem to sleep. Mine just hover in the water at night.

 

[yote]

Both of mine bury down in my BTA as soon as the lights go out.If they actually sleep or not,I aint got the foggiest idea,cause I'm usually asleep.

 

[sen5241b]

I think the word is dormant not sleep. My clown swims slowly in a dark corner when the lights go out.

 

[Jojo1628]

haha...thanks for the replies, clowns always act funny sometimes...mine is now hosting to my algae cleaner, I'm reluctant to use it now...I don't know whey he won't host to my frogspawn tho...

 

[dustin_P74]

if you wanna get technical its the mag float that is doing the hosting not the clowns, but its all a technicality

 

[Bifferwine]

You probably don't want him to make the frogspawn his home, corals aren't made to host clowns and when clowns decide to take up shop in a coral, often times the coral suffers from the constant abuse and a lot of times dies. You should be glad your clown is staying away from the frogspawn.

 

[Jojo1628]

Thanks Biff, I heard that the BTA need clown to host them for some reason, otherwise it won't thrive...so I was thinking it probably won't hurt the corals, I seen clowns hosting flowerpots and it's so cool...

 

[daugherty]

they do not need a clown to host

 

[Bifferwine]

Anemones will do just fine without clowns, and clowns will do just fine without anemones. Sometimes the clown will bring the anemone food and feed it, maybe that's what you heard about. But that doesn't always happen either. Anyways, an anemone does not need a clown to thrive and vice versa.

If a clown tries to be hosted by a coral, the coral will usually close up and stay closed, because the clown irritates them. So clowns in flowerpots and other corals may look cool, but it's not healthy for the coral. My female tomato clown has killed several of my corals, including a flowerpot, alveopora, hammer, torch and 3 plate corals from trying to be hosted in it.

 

[dustin_P74]

biff is dead on like always

 

[Bifferwine]

biff is dead on like always

I know. :D

 

[dustin_P74]

why to be modest about it

 

[simpleman]

Hairy mushrooms make a great host for clowns

 

[dustin_P74]

but i dont think the shrooms like it very much

 

[simpleman]

The mushrooms in my nano don't mind at all. I think? I never asked. They don't close up or look pissed though.