Cloudy water in a tank that's been set up for over 5 months?

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gizmo1417

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My tank water was looking extremely clear up until about 2 weeks ago. I replaced the pads on my two filters and left everything else the same but the water is still cloudy...what could I do to make it more clear like it was before?
 
replacing the pads basicly took away all the good bacteria... how often/much are you doing water changes...

what are yer water parameters?
 
I only do water changes once every two weeks...and the water was looking great and clear but at the end of the 2nd week it was getting cloudy and thats when I decided to change the pads and ever since then its been a little cloudy...this cloudiness happened before I changed anything...the parameters are fine and all the fish are healthy
 
A few more details please:
size of tank, size of water changes.
what kind of cloudy? green or whitish? Do you keep live plants? Have you checked phospate levels?
 
is kinda milky ? you problebly got waterblossom , water changes make it go away faster away , but it takes patiensce. 2weeks

wanring thought don't change to much every day becouse you fish my get a ph shok and wil go il.

greets
 
The water is kinda milky...whitish you might say. I do a 25% water change once every week. I have not checked the phosphate levels. How would I do that?
 
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