broccoli fowls the water

[philfreenode]

I usually feed my pleco zucchini (seeds removed) and I can get away with leaving it in up to a day and a half without it fowling the water. I ran out of zucchini about a month ago and decided to give him whole broccoli. By the next morning my water smelled terrible, like s*** and after I removed the broccoli i got a bacteria bloom and the water turned milky white. I'll never again put whole broccoli in.

 

[jvin85]

I tried cucumber and it turned to mush in a couple hours.

 

[frnchjeep]

My pacus get broccoli every once in a while. I never have a problem like that, but it never sits in the water for more than a minute.

 

[Kaosu]

i tried from thawed frozen broccoli for my ramshorns..they love it but if its left longer than over night its gross.