New plant/ bad smell

[aCHadien]

I bought new plants. I DON'T know much about it...when I was inspecting for snails. I noticed that that kind of plant was smelling bad. Is it dead, should I remove it from my tanks?

PS: I dipped the plant in water with diluted chlorine before ading in my tank.

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Looks to be anacharis.

As for the smell, could be from the previous tank's water residuals on it, dead plant matter, or even a little bit of cyano bacteria (BGA). But I think the bleach dip should take care of what ever was living on the plant. Hopefully the bleach dip was done with care, otherwise your plant might melt.

 

[Fishfur]

Sometimes when you buy plants as bunches, especially if they have a weight band around them, you'll get some rot around the bottom of the stems, a few dead leaves, or a bit of collected crud, and it can sometimes stink. Rinsing them is the thing to do and dipping will certainly assist to get rid of algae.