murky water in newly established tank why?

hey my tank Water is a bit murky and i added my 2 clown fish 1 cleaner shrimp 10 turbo snail and 10 blue legged hermit crabs yester day. what cause the cloudy water? is it the added waste that collects from things being in there? will it clear up in a week or so? i already tried to do a water change with about 25% of the water but no help at all! my filter is the marine land penguin bio wheel 200 and i have a red sea prizm protein skimmer. i am on a very low budget so dont reccomend rich people stuff.

 

how long has the tank been up and running?

 

how big is the tank? thats alot of stuff to be adding at one time!

 

1 day to 2 weeks. the store tested it and it was completed its cycle ( the guy told me) and it was ready for some hardy stuff.

 

40 gallons

 

how could it be cycled? is this all that is in the tank. way to fast. way to much stuff. take em back. and find a diff lfs

 

they wont take them back their idiots. i spent 600 dollars!

 

all that stuff will die in that new of a tank... way too much added at once, even if it is cycled. LFS just trying to make a few bucks.

 

and get some test kits. good ones. and do some research. DO not feed the tank get rid of most of it. add some live rock and let it do its thing. the clowns may or may not survive the cycle. i would only have one, if at all.

 

wow, never shop there again. they should take them back, talk to a manager, or try to sell the things to another LFS