Carp are omnivorous but feed primarily on plants. Adult carp feed on a variety of organisms including aquatic plants and seeds, insects, crustaceans, mollusks and fish eggs.

Do common carp eat fish?

While Common Carp do not feed on other fish or fish eggs intentionally, Common Carp can, at high densities, increase the turbidity of the water, at least in shallow silt bottom ponds (Breukelaar 1994; Roberts et al. 1995).

Do common carp eat meat?

Common carp is a typical peaceful omnivorous fish which consumes a range of different natural foods, including planktonic crustaceans, insects (including their larvae and pupae), the tender parts and seeds of water plants, and also fish eggs and larvae, as well as smaller fish (Table2.