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Could someone offer me some advice on this. I am about to remove all my other fish, guppies, platy's, molly's etc and just leave my clown loaches, my common plec and 2 coryadors. I have in the past been putting Tonic salt in with water changes and also using Tetrasafe de-chlorinator so as not to have to wait 24 hours for the water to de-gas itself. Are either of these treatments detremental to my clown loaches??I have always added salt I guess to maintain osmoregulation. I would appreciate some good advice on this. My nitrite levels are always good and if I get high nitrate levels I change water more regularly or use an exchange resin to remove it.

Personally I would not add salt to an aquarium containing Clown loaches. They are freshwater river fish and do not naturally come into contact with it. As long as you provide good water quality with plenty of movement from the filter outputs/powerheads, your loaches will be happy. The dechlorinator product, however, is essential if you are not using RO water, and it will not harm your fish.

Emma