mini cycle?

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I got this 24 gal aquapod saturday from a guy here and it was a bit messy so i decided to clean everything before livestock goes back and now I'm afraid I broke the cycle.
here are the details:
- tank was fully cleaned with vinegar, came out like new.
- lots of live rock that I kept under water all the time, just used a dip for parasites.
- live sand was rinsed with aquarium water a few times and went back in the tank.
- I removed all the bioballs, ceramic rings and sponges but they were clean anyway
- restarted the tank saturday night with about 20 gal clean SW
- did a small WC on monday, around 2 gal

I'm afraid that by cleaning everything I broke the cycle since this morning the water was a bit cloudy, I attached a pic


I'll start doing a 5 gal WC every day, what else can I try to keep everything alive short of moving them to my other tank??

Livestock: 2 small percs, one goby and shrimp pair and some small corals plus CUC


thanks

misu
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Looks like a minor algae bloom to me. If you have UV, stick it on for 24 hours. I would, however, run the return line of the UV though some filtration to removed the dead algae rather than return it to the tank to feed cyano.
 
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