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Thanks for your reply. I have two test kits and they confirm the numbers are correct - this tank is heavily planted which would explain the low nitrate readings. Thanks for the advice regarding the quarantine conditions that sounds like a good idea, I'd been acclimating using the drip method over se...

Hi, I'm new here. I need advice with my loaches generally, but in this case with my polka-dot loaches specifically. My tank is 125L, has been set up two years (it was previously 250L but due to the old one leaking we had to have an emergency downsize). We used to own five Botia almorhae but a few mo...