Siamese Algae Eaters schooling with my loaches?

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Luananeko

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I just picked up 4 Siamese Algae Eaters for my 75g planted community yesterday. They seemed to settle in fairly well, but this morning it seemed like either they were schooling with my Dwarf Chain Loaches, or maybe the loaches were just chasing/harassing/playing with them.

The SAE don't seem overly bothered by the loaches, but I know others have had issues with their loaches going after the eyes of upside down catfish and the like and wanted to check that this wasn't precursor behavior to something like that. Is this harmless play and normal, or should I worry?
 
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