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Ways of getting rid of NO3:
1) Do not let it get in there to start with.
a) treat the tap water ahead of time, running it into a large enough bin that you can treat it. One way to do this is to run a small aquarium filter stuffed with the right media, such as NO3 removing media.
b) Treat the tap ...

Amazing reply, fantastic detail and very informative. I shall save it for future reference! Hopefully should work a dream for op and myself as I have a Clown like this!

So, in bold are my questions. In italics is my answer I have found elsewhere and a few of my individual thoughts on the matter.
Sorry for such an essay. Hopefully I've covered everything.


I have been watching my Clown Loaches over the course of the past few months, had a couple of new additions ...

Don't quote me on this but I was always led to believe that the skinny disease is caused by internal parasites which either need orally dosing meds or food soaked in the certain med necessary.