Cloudy Water Issue..

I've had the tank setup for 16 days now. The only inhatitants are a male
and female betta. This pm (when I turned on the hood lamps) I noticed the
water was very cloudy. I have 4 plastic water lillies, a plastic am.sword
and a bunch of silk phillidendrum, 60# of pea gravel and a driftwood (real)
about 26 inches long. I'm cautious on over-feeding. The tank was setup
using Hagen's Cycle.

Is it possible the silk plants are bleeding off anything? I'm stumped
here....Any thoughts? Better still any solutions? I don't have the vortex
diatom unit ordered yet. Thanks for your attention....ED