Well, I thought you probably knew, but posted just in case. We saw the same thing when feed training largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, back in the day when I still did some fish culture work.
Icy stare, eh? Hmm, can't say as my wife has done that, although I only have one cichlid aquarium and one setter in the house. Oh wait...maybe I did see just a tad bit of ice when I recently happened to mention in an off-the-cuff manner that it was about time to start thinking about a second setter as the first is already 6. :-)