Cloudy tank

[ToniEgan]

Can somebody please help?! Yesterday I did a partial water change like we always do and this morning we woke up and he can barely see our little guy in the tank. The water levels also fine but we can’t see him. Can somebody please help us?

 

[Autistic Catholic]

Did you clean the filter too? With tank water? Inside the tank?

 

[ToniEgan]

I did not clean the filter yet. I cleaned the filter about six weeks ago and washed all the good bacteria out so we fix that problem and I’m afraid to do that again. So I’ve been doing water changes every other day and testing two or three times a week. The temperature is always around 63 and the water levels are perfectly fine so this was just a simple 1/3 water change

 

[Autistic Catholic]

I did not clean the filter yet. I cleaned the filter about six weeks ago and washed all the good bacteria out so we fix that problem and I’m afraid to do that again. So I’ve been doing water changes every other day and testing two or three times a week. The temperature is always around 63 and the water levels are perfectly fine so this was just a simple 1/3 water change

When you clean the filter, you do it with tank water but outside the tank so as not to lose the beneficial bacteria.

Do you have substrate in your tank?

 

[ToniEgan]

When you clean the filter, you do it with tank water but outside the tank so as not to lose the beneficial bacteria.

Do you have substrate in your tank?

Nope and it’s honestly always so clean. It’s 30 gallons- one little guy and we always take his poop out before he steps in it.

 

[Autistic Catholic]

Nope and it’s honestly always so clean. It’s 30 gallons- one little guy and we always take his poop out before he steps in it.

So it's not stirred up sand and it's not bacterial bloom from the filter...have you tested the water parameters?

 

[ToniEgan]

Water parameters are perfect pH is a little bit low but I can bring that up. I’m guessing it’s a bacterial Bloom from the filter but how does that happen and what can I do about it?

 

[Autistic Catholic]

Water parameters are perfect pH is a little bit low but I can bring that up. I’m guessing it’s a bacterial Bloom from the filter but how does that happen and what can I do about it?

If it's from the filter, it would be helpful to know what kind of filter you're using to determine if leaving it uncleaned could have potentially led to this bloom.

 

[ToniEgan]

It came with the tank …see attached

 

[Autistic Catholic]

It came with the tank …see attached

Does it have a specific model? It's easier to do a Google search on this subject with model information, style, brand, etc.

 

[wolfen]

you are in effect cycling your tank with your axolotl in it, the cloudiness is bacteria bloom because there isn't a large enough colony established in the filter.
your best course of action would be to remove and tub your axolotl until the cycling is complete. when the bacteria colony is removed from the filter it has to undergo cycling again to rebuild the bacteria colony.
chemical filtration.. activated carbon, replaced every month.. zeolite, re-energised by washing in salt water.
mechanical filtration.. sponges, squeezed out/rinsed out in old tank water.
bio-media.. ceramics/plastic balls etc. rinsed/washed through using old tank water.
always useful to have bottle bacteria to top up if needed.

 

[wolfen]

also if you can remove the uv light from the filter as that can hinder the bacteria.