Concrete decision on stingray + clown loaches?

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So I've been trying for the life of me to find some concrete evidence on how clown loaches and stingrays get along together. and a lot of the info that comes up searching seems to be 5+ yrs old and heavily conflicted. It seems everything other thing i read or person I talk to has a directly conflicting opinion some say their great they ride the ray clean up after them which is really what I'm interested in 1 i love a good school of clown loaches and 2 the ray loves tearing up some shrimp and leaves some remnants around.
However others say ray will get stressed by other bottom feeders or they'll bother the rays eyes or ray will inevitably try to eat them the ray is about 8" right now and i was looking into getting some 4+ inch clowns which i believe would be sufficient to avoid being expensive snacks.

I was wondering if anyone has come across anything concrete on how they are or more personal experience with the combo
 
I don’t have a ton of experience but I did keep a school of 6 clown loaches with a motoro and never had any trouble at all. They mostly stayed apart except for feeding time, but every tanks different so you are best off trying it but keep a close eye on things and sell the loaches if you have problems
 
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