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I am about to get 3 pangio pangia for my 15 gallon, but I'm worried they'll jump. It is an open topped tank. Are they prone to jumping?

Yes

Any fish may jump. It may help if you have floating plants so they can have an idea of the tank's upper limits.

I kept pangios in a 10g & then a 20g long, both shallow tanks. But I also had many plants that some liked to hang out in near the surface. I had no jumpers.

It's not a matter of loach size either, I had tiny 1 inch lepidocephalichthes (sp?) that jumped from a 16 inch tall tank...but not many tall or floating plants.

3 loaches are not the best number to keep, they prefer more of the same species. Will this be a species tank? Or do you plan other fish too? While not ideal, I'd keep 5 or 6 pangios but not much else. Maybe a few cherry shrimp.