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01-29-2008, 12:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Maple Grove, MN
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Strange Cuke Behavior
I've had a Tigertail cucumber for about 7 months and it's grown tremendously. It was the size of a large caterpillar when I got it, and now in its normal state, it measures 9 inches and I've seen it stretch out to about 14".
For the first many months that I had it, you would see it very little, sometimes disappearing for weeks at a time. Over time, he's gotten more bold and is generally visible all the time now. Until recently, he always had a portion of its body under some rocks or squeezed through some crevice, but in the last week, he's started wandering all over the tank at night and even up on the rocks and all the way up the back wall. It almost seems to me like it's constantly hunting for food and maybe not finding enough? I have a hard time believing he can't find enough food in my 150 gallon tank with a 6" dsb. It otherwise seems quite healthy and is fascinating to watch.
Anyone else out there with cukes in their experience exhibit this type of behavior?
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01-29-2008, 01:26 PM
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Ski Bum
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Indiana
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My yellow one does the same thing and has been for a long time now. I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
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01-29-2008, 05:42 PM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Maybe it is just getting accustomed to you seeing him , remember he's naked 
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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01-29-2008, 07:35 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Maple Grove, MN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tdwyatt
Maybe it is just getting accustomed to you seeing him , remember he's naked |
So am I a good chunk of the time! 
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01-29-2008, 08:00 PM
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Enjoy it now
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Originally Posted by Sun-n-Fun
So am I a good chunk of the time! |
I'll file THAT under 'classified' 
Nice cuke 
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01-29-2008, 09:00 PM
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Keeper of the Kracken
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Martin, SC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sun-n-Fun
So am I a good chunk of the time! |
 The term too much information definitely comes into play here.
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01-30-2008, 06:29 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Originally Posted by aquawolf
The term too much information definitely comes into play here. |
Totally agree!
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01-30-2008, 07:05 AM
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Rogue Water is Trouble!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upstate, NY
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LOL...this is a funny thread...
Keep it in your pants!
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01-30-2008, 09:22 AM
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Ski Bum
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sun-n-Fun
So am I a good chunk of the time! |
Well, no wonder it's been hiding...
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01-30-2008, 01:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: lynchburg, va
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Speaking of cukes in the nude....
I had one about that size that split into two, and my husband has named them Dirk and Willie.. 
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01-30-2008, 11:54 PM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Sorry we got off on the "Nude cuke" tangent, what was the original intent of the thread?
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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