Setting up a Native british tank ideas/ suggestions?

[cl0wn knife]

Hey im about to set up a 8x3x3 native british tank i have 2 chillers and filtration will be 2 fx5's and efx 1500u.
was just wondering what people would recommend for decore eg bog wood plants? and stocking etc also what substrate would you guys recommend i want some green tench apart form that idk what else i want. ideas / imput please???

 

[MN_Rebel]

Why you need a chiller for? Most UK natives would do fine at room temperature. Gudgeons, bullhead (not the catfish one, the scuplin one!), Stone Loach, bitterlings, sticklebacks, European minnows and bleak makes a nice community tank. But if you want large fish (I noticed you mentioned a green tench) then theres a bream, rudd, orfe, chub, dace, roach, ruffe and European perch makes good tankmates for a tench.

Attention Americans: chubs/dace/bream/bullhead is different fish from the North America!

 

[fatboy8]

A few Redfin perch and tench would look nice. Also Rudd maybe a barbel(I don't know how big they get) then possibly a carp if you can house it when it gets bigger.


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[cl0wn knife]

thanks guys and i had the chillers left over form an old marine tank so just had them if needed wasn't planning on using them unless suggested. any suggestions for substrate?

 

[Chub_by]

Chub grow too big and are too active for that size tank, and european minnows do need current and cool water, but apart from that, go for it!

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[cl0wn knife]

thanks guys more input would be greatly appreciated il post pics once ive set it up properly

 

[KOI4NOW]

mirror carp ghost carp and barbel will and do mix well with tench perch ect...

 

[cl0wn knife]

thanks dont want carp they will get too big too quick

 

[warmouth]

Green tench and redfin perch would be a cool tank.