Awful Smell

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So my tank has been cycling for 1.5 weeks now. I'm getting a nasty wet dog smell now. Is this normal? Tank is clear. Chems are: ammonia=2ppm, nitrite=5+ppm, nitrate=5ppm, ph=8ppm. I'm doing fishless cycle using bacteria in a bottle and dosing ammonia to keep it around 4ppm. Thoughts on what the smell is or is it normal during the cycle? Thanks for any responses...
 
Probably the ammonia you are smelling. That's a lot of ammonia. Usually dose 1 ppm and works fine.
 

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