Do your Mbuna sleep?

[aquarob]

I have one of my yellow labs that literally sleeps. He "hangs" with his nose pointing downward in one of my plants and each morning I think he's dead when I flip the light on. Then in about 3-5 minutes he will "wake up" and swim away. He is the only fish in the whole tank that does this. I will try and get a picture tomorrow to show you guys. Crazy fish. :)

[Lupin]

All fish sleep, Aquarob.:)

[aquarob]

All fish sleep, Aquarob.:)

Never seen any fish sleep like that before, "resting" I have seen, but not hanging upside down like a bat and not moving, lol.

[Lupin]

Never seen any fish sleep like that before, "resting" I have seen, but not hanging upside down like a bat and not moving, lol.
I see what you mean. Strange huh?:lipssealedsmilie: You'd see loaches sleep by lying at their back. Many a beginner has freaked out from the sight of this thinking the loaches died.:perv:

[247Plants]

Ive heard of some plecos doing that too...

[johnlarson66]

Mine all seem to have a place in the tank that they spend the night in and two of them kinda hide pointed down in a fake plant.

I like how they wake up. I have thought about doing some sort of dim light and then a brighter light because of the "harshness" of them waking up. My mbuna seem to be more asleep than the other fish I have. I also have the lights coming on around noon, so they have some natural light before the tank light comes on.

[nano cichlids]

my jacks and convicts do exactly what you have described my pleco will hand upside down on my driftwood and wont move

[excuzzzeme]

Some of my yellow labs position themselves in the plastic plants whereby the "branches" support them while they sleep. Some rest among the stones. I can find them about anywhere in a "resting" position of some fashion.