I use to feed my fish broccoli quite often. I would par cook a cluster in a bowl, covered with plastic wrap in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. This provides my fish their main intake of vitamin c (along with romaine lettuce and orange bits). Anyway, I began to notice that evertime I fed broccoli to them, the water would smell funky for a few days afterwards. I tried this an several different tanks with the same results.

Have any of you experienced this?

I think I remember an old saying about asparagus and broccoli and such. Something about really bad smalling flatulence. Could this add a little credability to my hypothesis???

Yes it will be quite smell with those foods. i found the only way to get not to smell is to add it into my gel food Hun....When I dial in my Veggie Delite gel food I will post it for you, but its a great meal, and there is allot of veggies in there and my tanks don't smell one bit

Gotcha! Thanks koko.

I was beginning to think that I was the only one who noticed this.

I Had that problem last night/! ha ha, I have always smelled it , Boy, you should try brussel sprouts, they smell even lovlier .mmm mmmm But they love thier stinky veggies, dont they.

It's the same at our place, vege water in the pot gets turfed outside, if we put it down the sink the whole kitchen smells for days.

Oh yes! Their veggies are definitely favorites around here. I just loooove how they tear at it like little sharks! especially when its broccoli clusters. I really get a kick outta watching them have a go at it!

I guess this can be a little fair warning for everyone that if fresh veggies are fed, to try to do it a day before your regularly scheduled waterchange. Otherwise, well ........ YUCK!

Very good suggestion, toothless.