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... hard convincing anyone else. No disrespect taken, you know much more about this than me! Any chance you're feeding your loaches snails Fran? The blackspot I'm familiar with is heavily reliant on them as part of their life cycle.

This has been asked occasionally in the past, here's three threads that come up from running a search on "Blackspot". The first post with the link in it is a very good thread but, it is very long!

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For possible help with your blackspot issue see here: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=2148&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=black+spots&start=45 very long thread, but LOTS of good information. 8) What size are your clowns? I ...

Very intresting. I have been experimenting with salt more myself convinced after your success' . I also pre filter with carbon and still have my issues with blackspot as well....very intresting indeed....

... these are designed for a "whole house" as opposed to my trickle feed...It makes tons of long term benifits with 0 downside. A fresh carbon eased Blackspot overnight for me so I'd soap box the issue to convince you the importance. It is your first defense on the risk alone of any water change ...