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I would like to clarify that I don't want the loach to clean my tank for me but just help pick up uneaten food and eat snails. I will still be cleaning out the tank on a regular basis, I just want a fish that will help kick up the substrate and pick out uneaten food. But I will have to find another ...

The tank will be maintained at 75 degrees
The only tank inhabitants are gouramis and purple spotted gudgeon

I have a 55g planted tank and want to add a loach to clean the sand substrate. I don't have much experience with them and was wondering if they would do a good job cleaning the sand and eating snails.

So I want to add a red finned tiger loach to a 55g with clown loaches. Other tank mates include snakeskin gourami, danios, sword tails, platinum gourami. Only fish confirmed for the tank are clown loaches. Those are just the few fish I have narrowed down for the tank. Red finned tiger loaches are on...