Extremely cloudy water in cycled tank

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Hello! My tank has been cycled for over a month now, with axie in. It's a 20 gallon and the axolotl is only 4 inches or so. It's bare bottom for right now and I feed a mixture of earthwork pieces and bloodworm every other day or so. Regardless how much water I change, the cloudiness comes back and I mean so cloudy I can't see the back of the tank. All water parameters are perfect: 7.8 ph, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 10 nitrates. Any ideas?
 
It's common in cycling and newly cycled tanks. Usually the cloudiness is from bacterial blooms. It should clear up on its own. Just keep up with your water changes.
 
Your tank is still cycling. It can take 4-8 weeks to cycle a tank and is harder on a bare bottom tank. Keep testing your water. Keep doing regular water changes. Not more than 20% once or twice a week. It will finish cycling and clear up in a few weeks. Also remove any left over food within an hour of feeding.
 
Have you tried using fine filter floss or carbon?
 
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