Green-Chrom-Damlel, problems or not

[first-timer89]

looks normal after 10 days and my question is why does it turn a black color and rest on the bottem when i turn off the light? When i turn it back on in five minutes under the light, it is back to green/blue color and swiming all around the tank. Is this normal and I am just freaking out over nothing? PLEASE HELP

 

[seacat]

your fish is sleeping. i have a blue devil damsel, that turns black when the lights are off and sleeps at the top. then when morning comes and the lights are back on. he gets all of his color back and is normal. i wouldnt worry about it.

 

[first-timer89]

thanks a lot for the advice i thought it was going to die

 

[rokcrawla]

my striped damsel did the same thing. I turned on the light and he didnt move and his white stripes were almost black, I thought he was dead. He swimmming happily now

 

[nodoubt471]

i hear that damsel's color gets darker when they are "in the mood" if you know what i mean. but yea my damsels do that when they "go to bed" too.

 

[seaham358]

camouflage to blend in when they sleep..

 

[indy]

I've got moonlighting in my tank, chromis all group right in the middle of one of the beams all night long. Never seen them sleeping elsewhere.

 

[melissfish]

my chromys also went dark in the dark, they do it when they are stressed too