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Feeding behavior

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After adding shrimp and krill to my RPB's diet, I have noticed that he circles the food lying on the bottom and then flips sideways and rubs himself on the gravel and food. He only does this with non-live food. He does not do it after the food is gone and he does not do this if the food was live (such as half a feeder laying on the bottom). Has anyone else seen this behavior from their p's? Is this just something they do? Thanks for any info anyone can give.
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Yeah, he grabs the shrimp, bites off a chunk, and then begins to molest it. He will swoop done on it, turn his body parallel to the gravel and rub himself on it. I have noticed he has begun losing his spots. Could this have anything to do with it? The thing I find weird about it is he does not do it on piece of feeders, just the shrimp and krill.
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