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Make sure the new home has a lot of plants. Loaches really need a bunch of plants to feel good. https://www.theaquariumkeeper.com/15-plants-for-shrimp-tank This article is about the best plants for shrimp, but it can also be used for plant picking for loaches, because similar to shrimp, they are rel...

Probably because they are fun to watch. I mean they are not my favorite fish, but they really have unique personalities.

The wood has to be dry, and not rotting or smelling weird. It also has to be hardwood, so wood from pines is bad. If you decide to risk it, boil it before doing putting in a tank.

I would say ditch the clown loach and the pleco. Get more zebra danios and something that is a bottom-dweller (pygmy corys maybe?). Clown loaches like a lot of space, and preferably live in bigger groups. If the pleco is a common pleco, he will also be massive one day.

27 years old! Wow. Your loach is even older than I am. How cool is that? This is one lucky loach you have here. Congratulations