Cichlid tank cloudy?

Hey everyone. So I have a feeling I know what's going on, but my grandmother's tank is really cloudy. She is like late 60's so no, not senial haha. She has had the tank for a couple months and it is still pretty cloudy. She kinda rushed it, she and my mom, getting it set up, and I think it hadn't cycled well enough before adding her 8 cichlids. It's a 36 bow and she was only running a quietflow 30 hob, recently added a quietflow 55/75. I just put it in on christmas. Currently the 30 is running only foam, and the 55/75 has the carbon cartridges. I even tried taking my filter from my long established 75g and squishing it in the water when I first added the sponge to try and speed up the cycle. I think that's what's going on anyway. Any thoughts? If you need more info just let me know!!!

Thanks!!

Rbishop said:

It is possible...what kind and how many cichlids...there are many species of them out there. Have you run tests using a good liquid test kit?

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Bob, as of right now I have not tested it with the liquid, she has tested it with the strips, but I know the liquid is better. As for the type, she has I believe 8 in total. She has 2 electric blues, 2 electric yellow, 2 acei, and then 2 orange colored ones, not sure exact species. Mind you on all of this, I would have done it differently, but it's how grandma wanted it, so now I just have to clean up the mess. Also, I'm sorry if my post was confusing, I was in a bit of a rush.