please tell me cuz i dont know
2006-06-22 07:28:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Fish do sleep just like Finding Nemo, but Fish sleep with their eyes OPENED because they do not have eyelids. Funny huh? So when it's jsut floating there, it means they're sleeping! Don't bother them!
2006-06-22 07:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quoted from a website I found:
Most all fish spend time in an energy-saving state that can be called
"rest", and we might even call their behavior "sleep", though it is probably
different than "sleep" in most land
animals. Many fish, like Bass and perch, rest on or under logs at
night. Coral reef fish active in the day, hide and rest in crevices
and cracks in the reef to avoid being eaten at night.
The resting behavior of fish is very different from their behavior the
rest of the day. Many minnows, for example, which are very active in
schools during the day, scatter and remain motionless in shallow
water at night. Many fish "rest" or "sleep" during the day and are
active at night instead, but almost all fish sleep.
There are some animals that never stop swimming, like many species of
shark, however, they HAVE to keep moving to push water through their mouths
in order to breathe, and they may still sleep while moving,
we just don't know yet.
2006-06-22 15:31:39 · answer #2 · answered by Gooplesquirch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do, I have seen my fish sleep in a corner of the tank. They become very still when the lights go out but can't close their eyes. Did you know that clown loaches have been known to lay on their side and sleep like people do?
Happy fish keeping!
2006-06-22 14:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!
Fish sleep with their eyes open so you can never really tell if they are sleeping or awake just staring at you;) I have ALOT of fish both saltwater and freshwater in my house.......about 500 gallons total. If you have anymore ??? feel free to message me.
~Woody
2006-06-22 14:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by Woody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they do! My fish sleep at night but they don't close their eyes or anything. They kind of just stay in one spot
2006-06-22 14:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by Sugar Magnolia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do sleep. They just do it when it's dark and they just hang in one spot. Mine usually are on to top of my fishbowl. They wake up when they see you since they're eyes don't really close.
2006-06-22 15:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by Sharingan7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the time.
2006-06-22 14:59:54 · answer #7 · answered by flame_alchemist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah but if there have been sleeping for at least 2 days in the same position there probably dead
2006-06-22 14:31:07 · answer #8 · answered by PrettyPink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when its dark they slip into a kinda trance state sleep sort of.
2006-06-22 14:36:42 · answer #9 · answered by BLACKY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do, but their eyes are open, they sleep in a corner especially when its dark
2006-06-22 15:12:57 · answer #10 · answered by dM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋