Water change seems to have triggered a bacteria cycle, AHHHHH!

[stizzlack]

So today I did a 25% water change, cleaned my filter pads(in aquarium water) and added a new filter cartridge to my hang on(old filter cartridge is still in place). Now(2hrs later) my water is getting cloudy and has that faint "new fishtank" odor. Should I be worried, or is that just a bacteria bloom centered around the new filter cartridge, and all of my old nitro-bacteria will take care of my fish wastes? Also, I'm all out of test strips so I don't have anyway to tell you my parameters.


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[Pamiam]

I am assuming your tank is aged, you should be fine, your bacteria is all over the place...the water, substrate, decorations, etc.

 

[enrgizerbunny]

You probably stirred up some waste while you were cleaning and it's just getting processed out.

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