NEED ADVICE FILTERATION AND CLOUDY TANK PROBLEMS SOCAL P/U

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HEY, I NEED SOME ADVICE I HAVE A 220 WITH 2 FX5'S W/BIOMEDIA AND 2 AC110'S WITH SPONGES,,, TANK HAS THESE FISH (25 ENDLII BICHERS RANGING 15 TO 22 INCHES) I DID A WATER CHANGE THE OTHER DAY 30% BECAUSE OF THE CRAP ON THE BOTTOM FROM THE BICHERS AND AFTER I DID THE WATER CHANGE THE WATER TURNED MILKY CLOUDY IT DOES IT SOMETIMES BUT IT CLEARS UP AFTER A DAY OR 2 ,,,, IT IS NOW 4 DAYS ,,,, THE FX5'S ARE FRESHLY CLEANED ABOUT A MONTH AGO , I AM NOT SURE DO I NEED A WET/DRY FILTER OR SHOULD I PUT ON ANOTHER CANNISTER FILTER AND FILL IT WITH CARBON ????? NEED YOUR HELP GUYS lmK THANKS,SCOTT
 
hey bud mine does the same after w/c i have no where near the filteration yours does and mine clears up quick cause the carbon i only have 4 bags in my xp4 and xp3 hopefully this helps :D
 
25 ENDLII BICHERS RANGING 15 TO 22 INCHES" that sounds a little over stocked but to each their own. do you rinse off the media from your fx5 and ac110 or throw them out and buy new stuff?
 
I don't think your filters are completely cycled (it's only been a month), do you have a test kit?
 
hey bro you have plenty of filtration. when you clean your tank or do waterchanges, clean out 1 ac110 and 1 fx5. alternate the cleaning. your cleaning BB out of your filters. you dont have any rocks or decore in your tank to hold BB either. alternating filter cleaning will keep you cycled.
 
i dont clean my filters same time i do water changes , i cleaned my filters over a month ago , and 4 days ago did water change
 
Ammonia spikes can cause cloudy water. And yes ammonia spikes can still happen in a cycled tank. I would bet if you test with a non-expired test kit when the water is cloudy it will test positive for high ammonia.
 
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