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For any but the shortest length of time, yes, it is too small.

Fed properly with good clean water you can grow clowns to 4-5 inches within the first year. At that size, with a minimum group of 5 for their proper behavior, you have an over stocked tank that won't let them thrive to their fullest ...

Into loaches? Ahem, that goes without saying. :twisted:

Are there any better, more personable, intriguing fish to be had?

The people here in Houston that I asked about fish stores thought I was nuts. I was spoiled, I could get what ever I wanted and it was a few blocks away back in Lafayette ...

Oddly enough Jim, the fish shop I found here in Houston has a familiar name.. Aquarium World.

I do still keep in touch with Doug back in Lafayette.

People can say what they will; fate, destiny, call it what you will. I'm happy with them. Clean tanks, people that do care about fish and at least one ...

A new job, a new place and a new tank.

Some of you know me as Botia Junkie on another popular fish site. Some of you know me as a rabid loach fan.

Martin, Jim, I have come back to the loach world. I won't be able to be as fanatic as I was in past. (IOW, no river tanks.) But my heart still adores ...