feed them alot to when small. my clowns are in with a rainbow shark,tinfoil barbs,peacock eel they all seem to get there share i feed the loaches and barbs on one side then drop some thing for eel where he is.
Clown loaches rule. They're very fun and have great personalities. The more the merrier for sure. I keep my two CLs in with my sa/ca cichlids (severums and EBJDS) and they're perfectly fine. They all swim around and goof off together. I don't have any issues with their skin.
Just be sure to not have any sharp objects in the tank (sharp edges on driftwood/rocks/etc) because they like to stay close to stuff.
I just adore them. They dance in the morning when I get up and just about the whole shoal is out waiting to eat. I have about 45-50 ranging from 2"-7". About half of them hide/sleep in the coral decor (dead coral skeletons) or in the tube I have under the sand in the front of the tank. The tube holds about 8-10 of the larger ones lol. You can see the tails of the ones that are stuffed into the coral. When the powerhead comes on, they swim "upstream" for hours on end.
Thanks for the compliments on my little fatties. Heres what I have at the moment. I haven't really taken many fts bc we have an RTC in a tub being rehabbed and he prevents me from getting many good ones.
I will post up some more shots when I can clear a path.