unknown pincher

found this little guy in a hole about 1/4 in diameter, can only see the end of the pinchers, when i put a toothpick in the hole the little bugger retracts. its not a pistol shrimp since there is only one set of pinchers centered on the body. and its not a mantis. what is it?

 

can ya get a better picture cant really see much ? could be a crab or something

 

the micro zoom was all the way in, ill see what i can do.

 

maybe an emerald?

 

no emerald to small and lengthy. only one claw in the middle of the body of what ever it is. im trying to get better pics.

 

can ya take the rock out and put it in a bucket with some tank water to lure it out ??

 

mattgezzer with the amount of sps corals surronding it and the other sps corals that locked the rock its attached to its impossible to do so without damaging the reef. its not hurting anything, as far as i know, i was just curious if anyone knew. check out the pics on the profile to see where it is, right in the middle of the tank half way down under what i call the twin towers.

 

as i typed and pressed enter i realized that would be the case lol, its prolly something harmless anyway , where did your rock come from!!

 

rock came form indonesia

 

cool , its alot like mine as i know mine is australian.