Very Cloudy Water Wont Clear

I am new here and searched out this forum after being unable to determine my cloudy water cause
I will try to give the concise version of events.

I was recently given a free 50 gal fish tank and brand new aqua tech filter system and broken pirate ship bubbler

The gravel was used but I rinsed it anyway

I filled it with water from my well (as always have) and used a conditioner and PH tabs from wal mart, water was perfectly clear

Purchased an experimental 6 goldfish and all was well for a week or so then bam
water is so murky it looks terrible. People come over and say "man clean your fish tank"

Ive tried a couple chems and did a 25% water change ONCE

IM not sure if its bacterial bloom but IM reading about this nitrogen cycle and unsure if I should just wait longer its going on 3 weeks or looking horrible

It does NOT look like algae

 

Have you checked your water parameters for ammonia & nitrite levels? That does look like a bacterial bloom (sorry, meant algae bloom , my bad) from not having the tank cycled & goldies produce a lot of waste, how much & how often are you feeding? Your only course of action at the moment is daily water changes of about 25% to reduce whatever it is causing this. What lights do you have & how long are you keeping them on for?
I would go for good water changes over adding more chemicals.

 

Green like that is an alge bloom. Bacterial is white.And why are you using PH tabs?

 

1st and foremost you must get and learn how to use and understand a water test kit.
The nitrogen cycle (or lack thereof) will affect your ability to maintain a healthy environment for your fish, plant, etc and will also affect the looks of your tank.

The green cloud is an algal bloom and can be caused by several conditions. Mostly likely your lights are to bright or you are running them too long. For now I would turn the lights off for several days to reduce the bloom. When you do start using light again keep them on for only about 8 hours a day. Immediately quit using chems (other than water conditioner during water changes) and ferts as some have a tendency to increase algal growth.

Immediately start doing daily 30% to 50% water changes. Every other day do your water tests to see how the cycle is going. Eventually the cycle will kick in and eventually the algae will decrease.

If you have access to one, you can use a UV system to clear the algae as well.

 

thank you for the feedback, I ordered a water test kit and will reduce the lighting
now that I think of it it hardly ever gets cut off it an LED over the top style