Missing Hi Fin Red Banded Goby

[sosgal721]

My Hi Fin Goby is missing... it hides in this one specific hole in the rock and always comes out for feeding time and never leaves its borrow, but I have not seen it for 2 days. The other fish in the tank include:
Blue Hippo Tang
Bangaii Cardinal
Blue Damselfish
Yellow Watchman Goby
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Camel Shrimp

Chocolate Chip Starfish
Red Sea Star
Serpent Tiger Striped Fancy Sea Star
Sand Sifting Sea Star
Linckia Sea Star
Fancy Red Serpent Sea Star
Brittle Sea Star

Is it possible that any of these fish would have tried to eat it? Keeping in mind that it would have to go into it's very small borrow. Plus the starfish don't even venture over to the side of the tank that he is on.
I know that it could easily hide anywhere in the tank, the reason I am concerned is that we have had it for a month and it has not moved out of that tiny hole... and it has just disappeared.
Any help/advice?

 

[Max]

I'd give it a day or so before I worried too much. You do have a tight lid right?

 

[Grins]

How big is the tank? That is the most starfish I've ever heard of in a home tank. If the tank is very large perhaps he is just hiding amoungst some of the rocks you can't see so well.

 

[soccerkidbs]

you do have quite the collection of stars

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Is this the 55gal tank that's only just been set up or another tank?

 

[vorlx]

Awesome collection of stars, would love to see some pics. I have heard stories that they are hard to acclimate and keep, how did you do yours?

Ontopic, How long have you had him?

 

[sosgal721]

Well, to update.. my hi fin goby showed up behind a rock, which makes me wonder why it left...
But anyways about the collection of starfish... it is a 55 gallon, and they were drip acclimated in a bucket, wasn't too hard at all.
However now I have a problem with my red starfish.. the chocolate starfish was on top of it eating it and it's pretty torn up, I hope it's okay.. it seems to be trying to destroy and cut off the torn up 'arm'..
Anyways...here are some pics:
I've got more here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jessD21/Aquarium

 

[Grins]

I'm not surprised really. Chocolate Chips are notoriously opportunistic and to add to that I'd be surprised if you have enough food for all those stars in a 55

 

[sosgal721]

I'm not surprised really. Chocolate Chips are notoriously opportunistic and to add to that I'd be surprised if you have enough food for all those stars in a 55

Most of the starfish get fed individual at feeding time and the chocolate chip will come up to the surface and extend its arms if it is hungry (it even recognizes when the water movement stops that its time to eat). I agree that it probably just happened to crawl on top of the red starfish and decided to eat it though.

It looks like it is doing better though. It dismantled the arm that was mostly torn up and looks like it healed the second arm that was hurt so it has 4 good ones. Soon it will be moved to an aquarium by itself until it gets a little bigger and will actually react when something threatens it.