The bad smell is normal....its the die offs from your "new" LRs. As hammy n hondarker mentioned, cycling takes about a month. Bascially theres nothing much u can do except wait for the completion of the cycling. Mine took abit more than a month. Is the smell v bad? I on my skimmer during cycling and maybe thats why the smell is still berable. There'll be lost of hitchhikers on your Lrs though, spend some time netting them out when you come across them. And oh, try your best not to add any new LRs when ur cycling is complete, a mini cycle will start again. Happy reefing!