cloudy tank overnight

Urchins are good for that too, mine when I had it would just go to town turning my tank cloudy. Banished it to the sump but later removed him all together. Made my skimmer go nuts.
 
I was going to do a water change but I tested the salinity of the water I got from a lfs and saw it was at 1.029. That is the last time I buy water from them.

I changed the filter pad and then I had to leave and haven't been back all day. Wife seems to think it is starting to clear up tho.
How did you test the salinity? If you aren't using a refractometer then I'd get one and double check it. If you are using a refractometer then I'd calibrate it and test again. I've never seen an lfs sell water that's too high. They usually tend to be on the low side as it increases profit to use less salt.
As others have said, I'd stop with the bacteria dosing. Your tank has bacteria established through cycling process. Once established the equilibrium is maintained naturally and cannot be forced or rushed. This is the reason we stock slowly. This hobby rewards patience and responds to haste with a vengeance.
Finally, I'd recommend looking into a skimmer. I'm assuming you have an aio nano? You can get by with only water changes on a smaller tank but stability is key in this hobby. The smaller tanks are harder to keep stable because everything is more concentrated and movements happen faster as a result. Anything you can do to mitigate that will result in more success. The skimmer is IMO one of the most essential pieces of equipment in any reef tank. I'm not a fan of the cheap nano skimmers for bio cube and the like, but there are some good HOB nanos by CPR, tunze, and octopus to name a few. I'd ditch the floss, bio balls and stock media and just run a quality skimmer. The media only works if cleaned regularly (twice a week). If you fall behind on cleaning, they become a nitrate factory and work against you.
 
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