Is this normal

[homehobby]

My anemone keeps flipping over. Usually it is the day after I feed it. I have been target feeding it because I was told it was sick (because of how white it is) There is also a larger bubble on the base. check out the picture

 

[homehobby]

Any thoughts any body?

 

[westohooligan]

Larger bubble on the base? Torn foot? But no, flipping over is not "normal".

 

[homehobby]

There is a bubble on the base. Does not appear to have a torn base. Should I flip it back over?

 

[Drichards36]

Does it attach itself to rock? Can you see if its mouth is open? How long have you had it and how long has it looked that way?

 

[homehobby]

It has not attached to anything. mostly stays in the substrate. It's mouth only opens to eat. I got it last week. It was moving around for a while but has been flipping itself over the entire time. It also deflates and inflates everyday. I am target feeding it to get its color back. I am supposed to feed it today so I am going to carefully flip it back over.

 

[phender]

See if you can put its foot into a crevice between rocks. All the H. crispa (sebae) anemones I have ever had preferred the rocks over the sand.

If it stays flipped over for too long it will die.

 

[homehobby]

Thank you I will try that

 

[homehobby]

I put the foot in a crevice and it inflated and deflated just the foot in order to roll back down into the substrate. I also just noticed that my sixline wrasse is pocking at the deflated tentacles and at one point bit a few off. There is also a host crab on my anemone. Is the anemone dieing?

 

[atreis]

Almost certainly...