Have you checked your filters? I used to keep clown botias a few years
ago and every once in a while, one would jump up into one of the AC500
filters hanging on the back. Not up through the inlet tube, but up into the
filter outlet stream. I also found a few dead on the floor. The first
botia I ever had, swam into a powerhead,. Thats when I realized I would
have to botia-proof the tank if I wanted to continue to keep them. If you
own botias, it is a good idea to cover the take completeley. Don't allow
any open holes or they can and will jump out.
If you think clown loaches dissappear alot, don't try to keep horse-face
loaches as I would only see them for a split second once every couple
months.
good luck
Matt

"Ninereeds" wrote in message
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Hi All,

thanks for the many reassuring messages. They haven't (to my
knowledge) re-appeared, but I have got a few more to hopefully keep
them company and bring them out.

We shall wait and see.

Thanks again,

Ninereeds