Need some help with cloudy water !

[Acipenser]

So I thought it was micro bubbles from my 4 day old Hydor slim skim nano, after over 24 hours of the skimmer being off the water is still cloudy, I checked my water parameters and every thing is just shy of zero, I checked my ammonia 3 times in 24 hours and each time it was exactly the same.
The only thing that I can think of is that I recently added 5 snails, 10 blue legged hermits and two red hermits. they have been grazing all over my Live Rock. I think the cloudy water is from the residue they have left behind after eating whatever they have on the live rock.

I just did a 8 gallon water change on my 26 Gallon tank and am thinking about going out to buy an XP4 for mechanical filtration.

[chevyjaxon]

New tank? Give it time if it is. If not try carbon that might help but in any case give it time it will probably settle on its own!

[Acipenser]

Tank is a month old . The tank is cleared up quite a bit with the 30% water change, I still feel like I should add a mechanical filter even though everything I read say's I only need live rock and flow !I have a nano 425 GPH power head, I have at least 30lbs of L.R. that came from an established tank, plus the hydor slim skim nano, I also have a ac30 power head with the quick filter attachment stuffed full of filter floss (not in the tank at the moment ) that I used when I added the sand last month.

How would it be if I added a Rena XP4 and put foam on the bottom then carbon and maybe some LR rubble in the top baskets ? Would the XP4 Have too much flow ?

[e46er]

Your gonna end up with nitrates using a canister filter
425 gph isn't that much in a 26g tank
I have around 50 times turnover In my tank

[Beverly]

Canister filters export crud that would have stayed in a nitrate- and phosphate-producing tank. They must be thoroughly cleaned weekly to be effective

[Acipenser]

Thanks guys going to add some more LR and another nano power head.