If your tank is not yet cycled and you have your axolotl in there, you should be doing 40% water changes about twice a day. If your axolotl is not in there OR if the tank is fully cycled, once a week is fine for water changes. Right now though with this cloudy water issue, I would recommend doing more frequent water changes either way. Does the water seem to clear up at all when you change the water or does it stay the same? As asked above, what are your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels (as tested by the API Freshwater Masterkit)?Once a week
about six weeks :/Should I just put him in a container, and do 100 percent water changes every day. How long does a tank, need on average to completely cycle?
Cloudy water is very common in new tanks. It's usually caused by one of 2 things; an ammonia spike or a bacteria bloom. Both are caused by too much organic waste in the tank and both can be remedied with water changes. More than likely, the cloudiness will come back within a couple days and that's normal. With those water parameters, I would recommend doing 30% changes daily for 3 days to catch up and then do 40% at least twice a week. this should help stabilize your tank without slowing your cycling process down too much. I don't know what kind of filtration you have on the tank, but you could also add a sponge filter to facilitate more beneficial bacteria growth by giving them more surface area to cling to.The tank is not completely cycled and every time I do make water changes it seems to fog again. My water parameters are:
pH Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate
7.6 0.50 0.50 5.0
what size tank is it?I use a MarineLand, Penguin 100 filter
Im not so worried about current, but I am concerned about tank size. A 20 gallon long tank is the bare minimum requirement for an axolotl. You are going to have much bigger problems than cloudy water with a tank that small. Axolotls produce exponentially more waste than you would think and they grow VERY quickly. You should upgrade to at least a 20 gallon tank (you can keep your filter, but I would add one large sponge filter to the tank as well) and move him into more space asap.10 gallon, and the water that flows out of the filter goes out on to the fake plants so there isn’t a strong current
yes. sponge filters create almost no water current. they just add and extra level of mechanical and biological filtration. I use a combo of sponge filters and canister filters on all of my tanks.Can I use a sponge filter and a 20 gallon filter, together?