Cleaner Shrimp Saving Food For Later?

[tintin]

Hi,

I'm relatively new to marine, having only put CUC in my new nano reef tank a week ago.

I've got into a routine of feeding every other day and I noticed this evening that after eating a few Mysis, my skunk cleaner shrimp, Stan, has kept hold of a Mysis but isn't eating it, just holding it. I wondered if it was normal behaviour for cleaners to keep hold of food to eat later? He's currently sharing the tank with a smaller peppermint and a Midas blenny and I wondered if he's just making sure they don't have it??

TT.

 

[ben1987]

i have never known mine do this, he just usually eats it.

 

[Appleseed]

My peppermimts do this too, so it may be normal.