gapiz
Reefing newb
I had a very bad experiance last night with one of my clown fish. I went out for about an hour and when I returned, I found that he jumped out of the tank and was laying on the rug dried out. I decided to take the chance and put him in some water, to which he started to breath and move. He appeared to be somewhat out of it, so I decided to place him in the refugium overnight so none of the other fish would nip at him and give him some time to get back together, if he was going to survive. Well lo and behold, when I got home from work today, he was swimming around and responding as if nothing ever happened. I decided to return him to the main tank and observe him to make sure others would not bother him. He seems to be readjusting fine, but I noticed that it appears that he can not go into his host anemone with the other clowns. It appears as if he has stopped producing the slime coat that protects them. The tentacles apprear to stick to him and he just darts away from it. Has anyone ever experienced this and is there something that can be done or do I have to hope for the best that he will regenerate the slime coat?