I hear ya, I'd contemplated many times with my new planted tank to give away my clowns and yoyo's for more plant frendly ones like zebras and sids. But if that were the case I wouldnt have gone all out on the 8 footer, so since I did get the bigger tank I'll just have to find out how the plants will hold up. But hey, most loaches are just a big a hoot as clowns (well, almost).
Wow, Graeme. Thats real comittment. I did the same thing few years back. I dispatched some large Clowns to make room for some Dario, Rostrata and Striata.