pad

I have been away from fish for a few years and have a question about the equipment I'm setting up.  Got a new 36 gal Aqueon  bow front tank and as I am getting it out of the box I notice it's designed so the bottom glass will not make contact with the stand. The bottoms of the tanks I use to...

Will changing the filter pad cause an ammonia spike or are most of the benefial bacteria in the c nodes (i have a fluval c3 filter), should i replace it or just rinse it out a bit in declorinated water?