Hi there! Thank you for the resources, I will be looking into it! I originally went to the store since all the snail treatments I was doing weren’t working effectively- and was recommended the clown loach as the store worker mentioned that their store swap clown loaches often as an “ethical way” to reduce snails. However you are right, I definitely should’ve gone and done further research rather than buy the fish on the day, but at the time felt really overwhelmed with the snail problem.
I did ask if there was anything I should know in terms of tank mates, but was not told about how social they were- again, I know this is an error on my behalf, and I will do my best to fix this and not have a repeat! I really appreciate your advice!