Tank smells bad as of today?

[bloodlucky]

K so today was my big fish day and I made a lot of changes. I went to petco and bought 6 ghost shrimp, more gravel, algae wafers, a piece of driftwood, and a java fern. I knew the outcomes of something bad happening were pretty high but I did it with caution

This is what I did today:

First I acclimated my ghost shrimp then added a bit more gravel to my 1 and 10 gallon tanks. After my shrimp were acclimated, I scooped 3 and put them in my empty 1 gallon tank so I had 3 ghost shrimp for each tank. Then I added a rock (cleaned, no soap lol) to my 10 gallon. After that I tied a flat rock to my new driftwood and put it in a bucket filled with water so the driftwood would soak, causing it to sink. But before that I accidentally put the wood in the 1 gallon so little chips and wood stuff went in the tank (I had rinsed off the wood before that but not thoroughly.) Next I fed both tanks my new algae wafers. I put one wafer in each tank. They were both happily devoured by my ghost shrimp and my snails.

Then I rapped a rubber band around my new fern and my new driftwood and added it to the 10 gallon. Just then I realized my 1 gallon was a bit cloudy so I decided to do a 25% water change and as I lifted the lid a horrible smell hit me. It smelled exactly like my turtle water (back when I had turtles when I was really little) so I did a big water change (about 35%) and its still cloudy and still smells awful.

I just changed my 1 gallons's filter cartridge the other day so it can't be the filter, so it has to be from something I did today. Please help! Thanks.

 

[bloodlucky]

Also my platy in my 10 gallon is really pregnant and I'm wondering when is a good time to move her to the 1 gallon so she can have her fry? I'm just worried if I can get the tank less cloudy in there before I have to put her fry in that tank. Should I take out the remaining algae wafer bits that the ghost shrimp left out?

 

[abstract373]

that sounds like your problem to much food for so little water,,,i would worry about the ghost shrimp eating your fry they tend to attack my fish when i put them in the tank....but then again if there trying to eat me im fighting back

 

[Jconner3]

Could it possibly be a dead snail? They smell wretched when they die.

 

[bloodlucky]

Could it possibly be a dead snail? They smell wretched when they die.

My snails are fine and healthy. I'm watching my mystery snail take laps around his new java moss right now

 

[bloodlucky]

Literally seconds after I wrote this reply I found a baby platy in my 10 gallon! I hope the platys didn't eat their children but I don't know what to do! I can't find him anymore he's hiding in the plant

 

[bloodlucky]

Wait so if it's the algae wafer does that mean I brought the ammonia up? I just did another 30% water change still cloudy and smelly

 

[Myfisheatsyours]

Algae wafers cause an ammonia spike if left in the water for longer than the feeding period.

 

[shellieca]

I don't have an answer for the smell. I drop algae wafers for my snails & CAE's & have never experienced any smell. In my 46g I sometimes drop 5 or 6, my 2 10g tanks each get 1 or 2. That bad of a smell, to me, is very odd.