not blaming the source, its my own fault not to have quarantine the plants which is the common practice.
the first time i got plants from the same source, did not have such problems, only introduced snails, so this time i thought since i buying helena snails, snails wouldnt be a problem.. but guess this time they had "settled" the snail problem and added some real potent insecticide..
since my loaches are doing fine, i am guessing the pesticide is copper based..
6 months, i had since grown attached to them.. its more heartwrecking to see them twitching around than to see them dead.. did two 50% WC so far, the shrimps seems ok now, but i think left less than 10% of them..
i think next time when i buy plants, after i finish quarantining them will probably use a few culls to test first..
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