I have the spotted version, he hides mostly and acts like he is in a coma until he decides to come out when the lights are out, it seems that he will not come out for days, as sand starts to pile up on him. Two times I thought he was dead and started to remove him, he didn't even move one of the times till I had him in the net and he took off. Have had him since he was so tiny not even a 1/2 inch, now 5 inches.
When he does come out he swims around like a shark. I always put a bottom feeder pellet down next to him before I shut off the lights and go to bed, to help make sure he isn't too hungry. The Cories will eat pellets if the Raphael doesn't. Occasionally one of the Neons goes missing (every few months) never really know why, so maybe he eats one, maybe just nature.
A really funny thing they do is swell up and look like they have bloat spines stick out, so they can wedge themselves into a spot. Again I thought he was dying of Pine Cone Disease several times. Couldn't remember what kind he was so I didn't know what his little weird peculiarities were. That is the Spotted Raphael, really beautiful.
