rotting veg matter?

[amitnarain]

hello.

will rotting vegetable matter affect water quality? how?

im asking this because a piece of carrot has entered a hole in a piece of coral in my tank. i was observing whether my fish would like carrot and that all happened.

 

[mr86mister]

well if its a tiny piece it should be fine and rot away

but if you were to leave a baby carrot it would rot and add ammonia and bring your water quality down

HTH

 

[amitnarain]

ok.

btw do fish eat carrots? i have rosy barbs, corys and comets.

 

[mr86mister]

the fish you have will probably not eat any vegetables, but it all depends on the fish itself

veggies are mostly for plecos, ottos and other algae eaters

 

[Zagz]

I have strange fish, my white and black lyretail mollies and my angels love veggies. The creamsicle mollies couldn't care less about veggies.

 

[jrp1588]

My mollies love corn and limabeans.

 

[QTOFFER]

You might have to boil carrot or nuke it for a minute to make it soft enough for most fish to eat. Only suckermouth fish and snails will really go after raw carrot.

 

[amitnarain]

ok