I am really tired of snails in my tanks. Tried the snail trap and picking them out one by one. So I have decided to buy some Zebra Striata Loaches. Does any one know if they will be alright with my BN's. The BN's are about 13cm and one is 6cm. Also can we get them in NZ? The Clown Loaches get to big for my tank. Even if they are lovely.

you could try the dwarf chain loach im pretty sure they will do the trick and they only stay small and are quite attractive as well but if you do i would get at least half a dozen as they are social little things that enjoy interacting together.

you'll need to make sure to have a cave for each species (atleast) cos problems can occur if they want the same cave. I've got yoyo loaches and bns in the same tank, i had some problems with them wanting the smae cave, put another cave in and there's no problems

They will be fine

They completely ignore each other in my tanks.

I have Striata and BN in one tank and Chains and BN in another never had any problems

I have BNs, gold zebra loaches and hoplos all together in my tank with no problems.

Thank you all for your help. I'll give it a go.