whetu Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Ok I've been experimenting on my fish again :oops: Recently I was thinning the carrots from my garden, and ended up with a lot of fresh green carrot tops. I bundled a few of them together, weighed them down and put them in my tank to see if the fish would nibble at the leaves. As usual, the fish came over to investigate what I had done and took a token nibble, then ignored them. The interesting thing was that the carrot tops kept on growing while they were in the tank. I took them out today (about a week later) and they were still quite fresh - no sign of deterioration at all. So if you're looking for a cheap way of adding temporary landscaping to your tank, give carrot tops a go. They are bright green, fresh and fluffy-looking and would make an excellent temporary background plant as they grow quite tall. They also seem to take a long time to start decomposing - I think they would probably be fine for several weeks underwater. So if you're looking for a temporary filler while you wait for your 'proper' plants to grow (or you have a gap after removing a plant) carrots may be your answer! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 interesting thanks for sharing tht, ive been meaning to plant some carrots as the tops make good greens for lizards to apparintly, maybe i can store in fish tank and just feed out as needed lol maybe not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted October 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 I planted my carrots in an old recycling bin (the ones that Auckland City has phased out now we've gone to the big wheelie bins). I planted old carrot seeds and didn't expect them to germinate so successfully - I now have about a million carrots growing and have to thin them weekly. I think when the foliage is growing in the tank, it is probably using stored nutrients out of the root rather than absorbing more nutrient from the water. Like when you grow a carrot top in a saucer of water on the windowsill. So if you can leave the carrots growing in the soil for as long as possible they are likely to contain more nutrients for your lizards than if you grow them in your tank. But it's still fun to grow them in your tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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