Poor Cookie!:(

[AydenLincoln]

Poor Cookie! He’s still alive although probably not for long. I’ve had him for a year and a half. He’s actually eating right now but all his spikes fell off. I noticed one and then I literally rubbed the rest off when I picked him up. He’s still hard and rigid. I’ve noticed he’s less active lately and I would still call the year and a half I had him a success. But he’s most definitely going to die and fall apart soon. Makes me sad. I loved him for the time I had him. I do know their lives are not long lived even in the wild so who knows how old he was when I got him they seem to average 3-5 years and no more than 5 in the wild and captivity.

 

[PeterEde]

 

[AydenLincoln]

Unfortunately dying is a fact of life. But him making it to a year and a half is a success to me because I thought he wouldn’t even last a month. I want another one now and hopefully I can find one. I love starfish so much so it makes me really sad. But his memory and photos will live on.

 

[PeterEde]

Unfortunately dying is a fact of life. But him making it to a year and a half is a success to me because I thought he wouldn’t even last a month. I want another one now and hopefully I can find one. I love starfish so much so it makes me really sad. But his memory and photos will live on.

we pay a lot of money for the likes of coral banded, redline cleaners and other inverts that have relative short lives.

 

[AydenLincoln]

we pay a lot of money for the likes of coral banded, redline cleaners and other inverts that have relative short lives.

True! My little buddy was $50 USD which is really cheap from my research and considering how rare they are.

 

[PeterEde]

True! My little buddy was $50 USD which is really cheap from my research and considering how rare they are.

CB is expensive here a Redline is 4x the cost

 

[I never finish anythi]

Oh gutted for you!! Suck a lush looking star

 

[blaxsun]

Every starfish dies... not every starfish truly lives...

 

[FrugalReefer]

Start a jellyfish tank. I heard if conditions are right they live forever.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Start a jellyfish tank. I heard if conditions are right they live forever.

That is true! Now the cost of them is expensive lol! The one company that sells them charges an arm and a leg.

 

[Reef By Steele Verified Sponsor]

I am so sorry, you might remember me as @HankstankXXL750 as that is my personal account. I have been following you and cookie since as far back as I can remember. You have inspired me to try one, but I couldn’t find one like cookie anytime I got the itch.

I hope you will seek a replacement when the time is right. I hate losing any of our babies, but the special ones really hurt.

 

[AydenLincoln]

I am so sorry, you might remember me as @HankstankXXL750 as that is my personal account. I have been following you and cookie since as far back as I can remember. You have inspired me to try one, but I couldn’t find one like cookie anytime I got the itch.

I hope you will seek a replacement when the time is right. I hate losing any of our babies, but the special ones really hurt.

Thank you 100%!

 

[AydenLincoln]

May he rest in peace! He had a good life. I am trying to dry him out and preserve him because it’s better to me than flushing him! He was such a resilient and good star for the time I had him. He survived a tank crash a year ago, ATO malfunctions, power outages, and many more of my mistakes.

 

[AydenLincoln]

It’s hard not seeing Cookie roaming around the reef anymore!

 

[Tahiti]

Sorry for your loss. It lived a good life