ahardeay 826 Posted November 13, 2012 Do your goldfish have favorite sleeping spots? I often see me red tele has the same sleeping spot in the tank and my red cap oranda does too. My tele likes to sleep in the leaves of the anubias and my red cap likes to sleep next to the sponge filter. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Helen 8,511 Posted November 13, 2012 how cute mine just play stacks on and sleep bunched in a corner together.. happens to be the corner where they can see me enter the room 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anaru369 47 Posted November 13, 2012 mine don't sleep they're to hypo 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sakura 500 Posted November 13, 2012 Clover sleeps at the bottom in one of the far left corners of the tank. Callisto sleeps near the surface in one of the far right corners of the tank. I think it's funny how they stay as far apart as possible when they're sleeping. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlipsHere 323 Posted November 13, 2012 Mine too Fry sleeps at bottom left.. Coal about 2-3" from the surface near the top right.. While Fry likes to "paddle quick" Coal slowly "paddles" at a head tilted down angle 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smegypsiren 1,315 Posted November 13, 2012 Boy I need a nap. I'm like, how can spots sleep? Don't they just lay there? Bobblehead moment 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmclien 655 Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) Bing sleeps in the bottom back left hand corner of the tank and Bilbo starts out at the top but usually by morning she's on the bottom too. I didn't realize for a long time that they actually have times of sleep where they will lay down. I thought there was something wrong with them. Edited November 13, 2012 by cmclien 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fantailfan1 26,742 Posted November 13, 2012 Mine just hover about. I haven't noticed any particular spot. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldsguy 267 Posted November 13, 2012 Yeah mine also sleep in the same spots. The white one will always sleep and nap in the same spot in corner between a decoration and a plant along the bottom. The plant hangs over him keeping him stationary. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pearlscaleperfect 3,561 Posted November 13, 2012 Roosevelt always sleeps in one corner, Kai like to hide next to the rose quartz 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarajo 566 Posted November 13, 2012 Otis tends to sleep at the top while Eden sleeps at the bottom 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shellbell4ever 1,381 Posted November 13, 2012 I have only noticed Rusty likes to hover mid tank mostly on the left side, the rest kind of huddle in the back right side corner LOL 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neeceee2 2 Posted November 15, 2012 Yin rest in the back behind the fake plants i the left corner. Yang in the front right, with the tip of his tail in the bubble wall. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Helen 8,511 Posted November 15, 2012 Yin rest in the back behind the fake plants i the left corner. Yang in the front right, with the tip of his tail in the bubble wall. be sure to check that the current is not too strong in the tank. this could be that Yang is slightly weaker than Yin and is being pulled to the bubble wall by the current whilst resting. if the tail is exposed to this repeatedly, it can cause freying which possibly lead to finrot. one way to be sure is to paperclip the airline tubing. if after doing this Yang is not typically resting at the bubble wall, then the current was a little too strong for him/her. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,284 Posted November 15, 2012 Cali likes to sleep in the front corner. If I place an ornament there she sits on top of it or knocks it over...(This week a seahorse was in her way, now its laying down. Abraham has taken to a spot under the fake plants, Google likes to sleep next to him. Bamboo doesn't care where he sleeps as long as it's near the back and takes 10 minutes to find him and panic me Tiger likes to sleep with Cali. Honey will sleep everyone. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alvintran1998 156 Posted November 15, 2012 Is it normal for goldfish to bottom sit at night while sleeping? My fish always seems to bottom sits when I enter the room in the morning and haven't turned the lights on. He is otherwise healthy though. So I guess my fish's favorite sleep spot is in the gravel since I find him at different spots every day. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmclien 655 Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) Is it normal for goldfish to bottom sit at night while sleeping? My fish always seems to bottom sits when I enter the room in the morning and haven't turned the lights on. He is otherwise healthy though. So I guess my fish's favorite sleep spot is in the gravel since I find him at different spots every day. Mine bottom sit/sleep every night. I used to worry about this but I think its "normal" behavior for some of them and is only a concern if its going on during the day. One of mine is up by 6am but the other really doesn't get up until I feed them around 8am. I guess like people, they are all a little different in their sleep patterns. Edited November 15, 2012 by cmclien 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gcourtney 854 Posted November 15, 2012 Casper and flo sleep in the back right corner behind the hair grass and amazon swords 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwashbur 59 Posted November 15, 2012 Mine all sleep bunches together. I remember catching them the first time and snapping a quick photo. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soupmonster 59 Posted November 16, 2012 They used to sleep in the corners and in the anubias. Now, mine sleep between the roots of the floating plants. They probably eat and asleep at the same time. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenSpoiledRotten 6,786 Posted November 16, 2012 Clementine used to like the far left corner when she was in the smaller tank, but now she just drifts all over without a care in the world. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BryCola 10 Posted November 20, 2012 I have no evidence that my goldfish actually sleep. I've gone downstairs in the middle of the night, and my tropicals are sound asleep. But my goldfish are as active as ever. It seems weird to me...but they are apparently active in complete dark. I know they HAVE to sleep sometime, but I can never catch them doing it. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenSpoiledRotten 6,786 Posted November 20, 2012 I have no evidence that my goldfish actually sleep. I've gone downstairs in the middle of the night, and my tropicals are sound asleep. But my goldfish are as active as ever. It seems weird to me...but they are apparently active in complete dark. I know they HAVE to sleep sometime, but I can never catch them doing it. A lot of times when we're around they know it and wake up, but I assure you they do sleep. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoralPeachy 39 Posted November 20, 2012 My fish always used to sleep side by side in the corner. This was when my fantail was very shy, but then after I had had her for eight months and she was (finally!) really confident then she started sleeping half way up in the middle of the tank in between the silk fake plants. She didn't need my ryukin for comfort anymore! My ryukin always sleeps in the back right corner and even when I moved my tank and put the filter in that corner she still sleeps there. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
number20121 2,663 Posted November 21, 2012 Some of them I always find in the leaves of the anubias, others always sleep sitting on the bottom, sometimes even two or three of them huddled together in a corner. Others seem like they never sleep oO I don't know how they do that! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
