No absolutes, but if they run out of plants to eat, I'm not sure what they'll do for food. Normal carp root around the bottom to stir up things to eat, but I don't know if grass carp will do the same when forced to find food.

They do eat fish pellets.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."