The strange part came when the dojos moved into the basket very shortly thereafter, and spend all day sitting inside the basket, on the floats, and most strangely -- out of the water sitting on top of the attempt at ground cover.
These loaches in the pic are just fine, they swim up and wiggle themselves onto the top of the plant with just thinnest layer of water covering themselves, and have been doing this for about a month now -- its gotten to the point where I dont want to take away their 'yard' -- and none of the other fish want anything to do with the basket either.
So, heres an example of the yellow one sitting mostly out of the water, and the brown one just under the surface (the algae is growning on the part that sticks out of the water, and just doesn't want to come off the basket)
In the plant
Lounging in the basket
I'm not sure what to make of it, I just assumed that if they're ok after all this time, then they probablaly wouldn't be doing it was uncomfortable to them
They always lay in it, on it, through it, . . . They love plants. When the plants disappear (I assume some of my plecos eat them), I replace them with cheap floating plants (anacharis, hornwort and cabomba -- I know it isn't a floating plant, but it floats in my tanks after 5 minutes) for the sake of the Dojos. My African Butterflies also like to lounge in it. I think it gives them a sense of security. My Dojos are so lazy I think they like that they don't even have to try to float. 
