Yup. They play dead on occasion. But pop up as soon as you walk up. Have 37 clown loaches and 5 Golden Zebras, 4 pakistani loaches that do this at night.
They will do it all the time dont wry there prob not dead. Ive had them for years and my 7.5 incher still gets me from time to time its definitely normal behaviour.
just bought a new one a week ago and it seemed to do this but never eat after the second day and ended up dieing would this be due to stress or just hated life ?