u/BleachedCarrots

I’m still a slight beginner to fully planted tanks, but Im noticing some melt on my plants. I just had to do a full water change on my cycling tank because a plastic floating hide fully dyed my water (second photo) and I didn’t realize that the hide was causing those issues. I removed it, but now Im stuck with a basically restarted tank. Im not sure if keeping the plants is okay, given that they were all in that water.

I just started cycling my tank about 3 days ago. I added more plants a couple hours ago, and I’m still adding stuff as it arrives. I’m not sure if I’m in bacterial bloom yet, since it’s so early, or if I did something to mess up my cycle?

(ignore the floating driftwood I’ve been fighting it for days to sink)