Schistura and Botia together?

[coldmachineUK]

Would this work? I have a pair of polkadot loaches (botia kubotai), and four schistura mahnerti loaches, and was wondering if it'd be possible to move them into the same tank (which would be 36" long, and 34G total)?

Currently I'm keeping the mahnerti in a tank with a fast flowing current, but have cheated on the temperature and upped it to my standard 26c which matches the botia tank temperature so that is one less thing to worry about compatibility. Also, the pH of both tanks is identical at 7.1/7.2.
In the new tank I don't think I'd be able to maintain the fast current as easily.

As it stands my botias mainly stick inside their piece of driftwood and rarely venture out except to peek at me if I'm looking in or at feeding time. The schistura, however, are very active indeed and out all day though they do have lots of plant pots and a slate cave for hiding places.


Edit:

Oops, I should add the possible stock list as well for advice.
The tank would be running on a Tetratec EX700 external canister filter and an internal power filter.

8x Platy (5x Red Coral, 3x Blue)
2x Botia Kubotai
4x Schistura Mahnerti
9x Tetra (4x Black Neon, 5x Neon)
4x White Cloud Minnows

[triazole]

i think they'd be fine. the schistura's might even bring out the polkadots more! but try to keep the currents up, with some foliage to break the flow for the tetras.