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Old 02-26-2005, 01:00 AM
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Well i know mine does it and next time he sleeps somewhere i can take a picture of it i will.
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Old 02-26-2005, 01:13 AM
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As far as i know wrasse cover them selves with a coccon like thing when they sleep. Maybe thats what it is.
mine always sleeps in a mucus coccon every morning i see it floating around the tank,many times when we get six lines in they have produced one to,the heavy breathing might be due to a parasite ich etc ,how are the other fish doing .
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http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=29485

http://www.masa.asn.au/main.php?page...042409400_4427

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Mucous cocoons for sleeping is a pretty common occurence with wrasses. I don't know why they choose to do it or not do it some nights, but I have seen my sixline do it occasionally, as well as my fairy wrasses.

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12509&

I have a few other links that reference this (see the thread I just linked).
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Wow. I never knew. Thanks for the info folks.
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