Clownfish.

Emma01 · Jan 18, 2019

Hi everyone.
I was up this morning before my lights on my tank went on (I’m not usually) and basically when they went on, I noticed that my clown was pale and white-ish in colour......... obviously my heart sank! He seemed to be asleep when the lights went on and only started swimming when the lights turned on.

However, within a few minutes he was back to his normal, deep orange colour!
So, do clowns (or fish in general) lose their colour at night when they’re ‘sleeping’??
Thanks

James M · Jan 18, 2019

Many fish will often change color when sleeping or stressed. As an example My blenny goes from black to a light grey at night time

MSB123 · Jan 18, 2019

James M said:
Many fish will often change color when sleeping or stressed. As an example My blenny goes from back to a light grey at nigh time

Here are my babies.
All light grey to light orange!

Jesterrace · Jan 18, 2019

I haven't seen that with a clown before. My snowflake retained his color at all times (even at 3AM). That said each fish is different and it could depend on the variety (particularly if it's a designer clown).

MSB123 · Jan 18, 2019

Mine are mochavinchi and they loose some color.
I’ve had some standard ocelaris who never lost color, and some that have gone almost all grey. It just depends.

Jesterrace said:
I haven't seen that with a clown before. My snowflake retained his color at all times (even at 3AM). That said each fish is different and it could depend on the variety (particularly if it's a designer clown).