Murky aquarium

[Fishermannick]

Question here from a new fish keeper. I started my first planted tank which is a 37 gallon tank. I cycled the tank for 3 weeks then added 2 Cory catfish and tested water. All was well so I added 4 more corys. After 2 weeks or so I added 10 cardinal tetras with on casualty during the first couple days. My water was clear and testing perfect. My nitrates never went over 10 ppm and I did a water change once a week for 2-3 weeks. I then added some cherry shrimp and the water was all fine. I bought Java moss from eBay for the shrimp and set it in the tank. My tank is now extremely murky but it still is testing perfect for all ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. I added a carbon filter and another sponge filter. Pls help thanks 

[FrozenFins]

10 minutes ago, Fishermannick said:

Question here from a new fish keeper. I started my first planted tank which is a 37 gallon tank. I cycled the tank for 3 weeks then added 2 Cory catfish and tested water. All was well so I added 4 more corys. After 2 weeks or so I added 10 cardinal tetras with on casualty during the first couple days. My water was clear and testing perfect. My nitrates never went over 10 ppm and I did a water change once a week for 2-3 weeks. I then added some cherry shrimp and the water was all fine. I bought Java moss from eBay for the shrimp and set it in the tank. My tank is now extremely murky but it still is testing perfect for all ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. I added a carbon filter and another sponge filter. Pls help thanks 

Its probably nothing to worry about. just do a 50% Waterchange, that should do it.

[DaveSamsell]

22 minutes ago, Fishermannick said:

Question here from a new fish keeper. I started my first planted tank which is a 37 gallon tank. I cycled the tank for 3 weeks then added 2 Cory catfish and tested water. All was well so I added 4 more corys. After 2 weeks or so I added 10 cardinal tetras with on casualty during the first couple days. My water was clear and testing perfect. My nitrates never went over 10 ppm and I did a water change once a week for 2-3 weeks. I then added some cherry shrimp and the water was all fine. I bought Java moss from eBay for the shrimp and set it in the tank. My tank is now extremely murky but it still is testing perfect for all ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. I added a carbon filter and another sponge filter. Pls help thanks 

When you say "murky", do you mean a white cloudiness or other color?  Am also curious of what your highest ammonia reading was when the tank was 'cycling'.  Typically, in my planted aquariums, I don't run carbon, since it will absorb plant nutrients from the water column.  

 

Here is an interesting video to look at as well:

 

 

[Fishermannick]

I don’t usually run carbon I just decided to put the filter in now to remove some organic material in the water. The water has a yellow tint and no amount of water changes has fixed it. The highest ammonia among I had was around 3.0 ppm

[Fishermannick]

I don’t usually run carbon I just decided to put the filter in now to remove some organic material in the water. The water has a yellow tint and no amount of water changes has fixed it. The highest ammonia among I had was around 3.0 ppm