I'm not trying to talk you into it but like I mentioned above, there are stranger things that have happened. You'll probably have a lot of slate for the cichlids, guess where the clown loach will want to be at?
That's more along the lines of what I'm thinking. Mainly a territorial thing and whereas the other cichlids will know and understand the dominant ones display and what it means, I'm just afraid the clown loach won't and will be harrassed because of it.