Pistol Shrimp - What is it?

[hfp75]

Here is a pic of my tank....

The emerald and pistol are not visible.... water has been stable, Ph drops down sometimes to 7.8'ish and I need a buffer to keep it up. Usually once a week I top up, change out water 10% and correct the Ph. Nothing otherwise as far as I can tell is a problem. I feed 1/2 a cube of brine shrimp a day & sometimes toss in 4-5 1mm sinking pelets (New Life Spectrum-Community Fish formula).



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[MrGoodbytes]

Parasitic isopod is what came to my mind too. It mustn't be comfortable but it supposedly does no harm unless you try to remove it.

[hfp75]

I have heard that when the pistol shrimp molts the isopod will be gone but I don't know yet....