Serpent star coming out during day...?

[Malifry97]

So I’ve had a serpent sea star for about a week and a half now. He’s always hid during the day and came out at night. I feed the tank a small amount after all the fish go to bed so he can get food. Today he has came out and been active. He is going into corners and seemingly trying to get out. He is also just sitting under ledges and things of that sort. Any ideas?

 

[BeejReef]

Hmmm..
Maybe he's just starting to get comfortable in the tank and no longer feels threatened coming out during the day?
Mine is mostly nocturnal as well, but does come out during the day around feedings.

I guess I'd offer him a snack. If he's voracious, you might chalk it up to hunger. If little interest, you can dig deeper with testing.

 

[Malifry97]

Hmmm..
Maybe he's just starting to get comfortable in the tank and no longer feels threatened coming out during the day?
Mine is mostly nocturnal as well, but does come out during the day around feedings.

I guess I'd offer him a snack. If he's voracious, you might chalk it up to hunger. If little interest, you can dig deeper with testing.

I offered him some San Francisco Bay Carnivore Cuisine and he showed 0 interest.

 

[BeejReef]

Sorry, that was the best I got

If you're really concerned and think it's more than him just feeling frisky, you can test your major parameters.
Sounds like a younger tank? Any changes recently to light, flow, dosing? Any other new livestock?

A mild alk/ph spike once and I had snails and such all but crawling out of the tank. It's probly nothing, but your keen observations and reactions to them are your tank's best defense to just about everything.

 

[Malifry97]

Sorry, that was the best I got

If you're really concerned and think it's more than him just feeling frisky, you can test your major parameters.
Sounds like a younger tank? Any changes recently to light, flow, dosing? Any other new livestock?

A mild alk/ph spike once and I had snails and such all but crawling out of the tank. It's probly nothing, but your keen observations and reactions to them are your tank's best defense to just about everything.

Alk and calcium have been stable at 9 and 400
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:5
I think he is just feeling frisky though.