I'm sad!

Does anyone know the average life span of a serpent star? I have had my starfish for about 7 years. Suddenly he has disappeared. Never has he been out of sight for more than about a 1-1/2 days. I have not seen him in 6 days now.

 

Sorry for your loss... I loved my serpent star.. That stinks.....

 

I don't have an answer for you, but do have a question. I've a serpent star and he ALWAYS stays hidden under rock and then comes out at night...Is mine 'weird' then if ya'll's came out to where you could see him frequently???

 

Well he should reapear ' who knows although 7 years is a long time
although im not sure how long they last in the wild'.
If i were to bet on that though probly in the wild they dont last long ya know ' they have lots of preditors ( octipuss will eat them big time ) and im sure squid do as well among lots of other fish, so 7 years for yours may be a very long life span

and wcw' they love to hide its a "defence" mechinism for them im sure' only coming out in the dark so as not to be seen by somthing that might eat it ( in the wild of course ) got one my self and he hides under ruble/rock as well

if ya think about it most fish , inverts , and the like probly don't last all that long in the wild ' you have all those "big preditors that love to eat things , if i were to give it a guess' i'd say most dont last to even breed' and then after that maybe 2/3 years at best ?
so my conclusion would be your staer fish was a " grand daddy star fish " lol , please parden the "pun"
i love my fish to death to .

 

He did like to be in the rock, but I had been hand feeding him since day one. I am not going to give up hope just yet. He has been living with most of these same tank mates for a very long time. :-/

 

I will sometimes go weeks without seeing my Sea Stars! Try to entice it with larger pieces of proteinaceous food like clam, or silversides!