Gah! Suddenly water is cloudy. Sand or something else?

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Long post. I'm kinda freaking out so I hope it's nothing. I have two sponge filters in my tank which have done wonderful jobs of keeping the water clean. However, suddenly a day or two ago the water was very cloudy like when you first put sand in your tank. Which brings me to my main concern: is this harmful, or just leftover sand?

Allow me to explain. Before I got my axolotl I put clean play sand in my tank, but when I read it's not good until they're about 5in, I took it out. The filter still keep spewing out a bit of sand, but it wasn't a big deal since I could barely see the particles it was so fine. The water was clear after I got the axolotl, but the other day I cleaned one of the filters by gently squeezing it into some siphoned tank water and when I put it back in, the water became a little cloudier by the hour. It's not super cloudy, but it's definitely noticeable. I wouldn't be so worried if I didn't notice that my axolotl was flicking it's gills a lot more and going up for air a lot when previously it didn't do either of those very much.

I'm also considering whether or not it's from overfeeding. Can that make water cloudy? When I first got it, I put in (and took out after a short time) a lot of pellets and things to see whether or not it would eat.


Ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are all at 0. Ph is a steady 7.4. Below is a link to a video I uploaded to youtube showcasing the cloudy water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB2qeMcVoKM
 
Did you cycle your tank prior to placing in your axie? If not, then this may be a bacteria bloom. Which is actually a good thing, but then you should read up on cycling while your axie is already inside the tank.
 
BinaryRun said:
Did you cycle your tank prior to placing in your axie? If not, then this may be a bacteria bloom. Which is actually a good thing, but then you should read up on cycling while your axie is already inside the tank.
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Tank has been fully cycled for a while now, so I'm not sure about that.
 
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