Yeah...i can test the water. It would be kinda hard to perform a fishless cycle without being able to test. How would being able to test the water tell me if its a bacterial bloom?
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Well some folks make multiple trips to their lfs for testing. I was just asking.
Anyway by testing the water you will have an idea of what is going on chemically in the water. Other than that, no, testing will not definitively tell you if it is a bacterial bloom or not.
In all honesty you should be more concerned about the waters chemical composition at this point rather than how clear it is. All tanks go through cloudy stages, especially in the first few months.
IMHO I would not do any water changes and just let it roll for another week and allow the bacteria to do it's thing.
Futzing around with it too much trying to get the water clear at this stage will only delay cycling.
Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing. You don't have any livestock in there to be concerned about, so you have absolutely nothing to lose by leaving it be for a week or so, and actually a lot to gain.
Just keep checking the levels of the main three, and add ammonia if needed to push the cycle along.
when you start seeing nitrite and nitrate, then you know for sure it is moving along in the right direction.
As the filter material builds a BB colony and traps junk, it will filter smaller particles and help clear up the water.
Time is the main thing here.