Yes, my favorite are stone loaches. Most outgoing fish in my tank, they literally eat from my hand and are always nipping on my arm when im doing anything in the aquarium. Would love a native weather loach tho
@@owen1737 I find some rather chunky stone loaches in a small brook connected to the River Avon. Would love to try keeping them but don't have much space
I keep Rudd have done for a year their slow growing witch is amazing :) I have around 30 fish just recently setup 4 more aquariums so 2 will be native tanks :) fantastic videos :)
A word of warning its illegal to remove freshwater fish , and if you remove them from angling club waters too , also its illegal to release any fish into any waterway system
Hi smashing video! I did more or less the same thing in September. I purely felt my own way as although I have kept fish for many years I wanted a natural UK tank. There is a small river near by, it was an open sewer at one time! However when cycling I saw herons and kingfishers there! So took a net along and collected sticklebacks and bullheads and I have a few snails for algae control. I later decided to fish with rod and line. To my amazement I discovered spots with depths of 6'!. I caught minnows and small chublets which I took and they are great in the tank. Its working well. I desperately want 3 or 4 gudgeon. I know you have videos with them and its local to me. would love it if you have suggestions of where to try? I'm not disclosing information but my ventures through head high nettles and brambles have seen me come to grips with 3lb + chub and sizeable perch and roach. Wonderful nature in an ex-industrial black country location. Thanks and subscribed
I used to have a tank with small carp, barbel, chub, gudgeon and bitterling. The bitterling came for free with the fresh water mussel I bought (after they hatched out from it). Unfortunately they were all female.
if you search for Rachel O leary she did a hill stream tankwith native american fish it was great but it was about 5ft x 2ft ! WHat size is that tank Jack? I've often thought about seting up one.
Very interesting. I used to have a minnow I kept him in a small tank for around 2 years. I caught him from the river running through Stourbridge with a small net. I used to feed him with goldfish flakes. Eventually I put him in the garden pond.
@@englishfishkeeper2007 thanks for the reply. Yeah chub will do that. Funnily enough I used to fish for chub in a stream as a kid, it's where i see the minnows.
Great little project. I think long before adding the Fish I would have added Copepods, Daphnia, River Limpets, Freshwater Winkles, Wandering Snails.... Would have suggested Great Pond snail and Great Ramshorn snail but they favour more stagnant water, Freshwater Shrimp, Fresh Water Mussels, Seed shrimp all of these natives should remove slot of organic waste and Algae growth prior to the introduction of fish.... Plus some of them will make nice snacks for some of the Fish, especially Stickleback and Minnows
I have 3 common bodied long finned goldfish shubunkin and 2 sarasa comments in a 100 gallon with some hardy plants in I was wondering what hardy cold-water fish that can tolerate a variety of temperatures I could put in.
I did this two years back but my tench and roach outgrew the aquarium I had. The thing that fascinated me the most was my tench’s successful attempts at eating my minnows lol I didn’t know they did this until owning one
Good stuff. I've got some Rudd in my garden (wildlife) pond. They are shy but I couldn't have a pond without fish and I've found them to be a good compromise as they haven't really grown at all in 3 years
Grayling can be surprising Jack …. A friend had one in his garden pond for several years, water quality is key. We catch 2 inch grayling on size 14 dry flies …. They are ambitious ! And pretty little fish ….
🤔 you are overfeeding these fish. They really only need to eat a couple times a week. If you put some leaf litter in the tank that will provide the base for nutrients to grow on which the will consume.
Almost the same set of species as I have. I tried bullheads, but had to move them to a separate tank because of the difficulty feeding (worms need to be dropped right in front of them!). I also have a silver bream which doesn't grow too fast, plus ruffe. I found bitterling in a shop about a year ago, but they were not the exact species found in UK, though looked very similar.
2:22 panda garra [ garra flavtra]
Thats it!
native fish are underrated
Yes, my favorite are stone loaches. Most outgoing fish in my tank, they literally eat from my hand and are always nipping on my arm when im doing anything in the aquarium. Would love a native weather loach tho
@@owen1737 I find some rather chunky stone loaches in a small brook connected to the River Avon. Would love to try keeping them but don't have much space
By whom?
@@owen1737 i usually feed my mountain cloud minnows by hand
Very interesting project, and some cool looking fish! Looking forward to seeing this progress! Thanks for sharing!
I love native wildlife at home! Can’t wait to get a bigger tank and try this myself. Been wanting to do stone loaches for ages
yeah worth a go for sure!
That is a great idea. It beats the normal salt tropical fresh I am definitely going to look into this more
Thank you man this has been really helpful
Try some native shrimp or snails for the algae. 👍
yeah, ramshorn snails are great at keeping the glass spotless and shrimps deal with a lot of things that can lead to algae
Niiicce. Looking forward to seeing the progress. And the pike tank! 👍
yes hard part it finding a pike small enough!
Definitely a great idea I'm just about to start a perch pond in my garden .
Only thing I’d say is that the hillstream and panda garra kinda need friends. That species of loach and garra are social creatures
Yes! I agree here!
I keep Rudd have done for a year their slow growing witch is amazing :) I have around 30 fish just recently setup 4 more aquariums so 2 will be native tanks :) fantastic videos :)
Great stuff mate. Looking forward to the pike.
cheers!
This is great, I've had a few fish from mf, nice to see someone local on here 😊
Super cool
Every second loved! A pike would be a hell of of tank fish! I wanna set up wild brownies in a tank and see if they can be bred?
I think trout would be tricky to get to breed but maybe!
A word of warning its illegal to remove freshwater fish , and if you remove them from angling club waters too , also its illegal to release any fish into any waterway system
Hi smashing video! I did more or less the same thing in September. I purely felt my own way as although I have kept fish for many years I wanted a natural UK tank. There is a small river near by, it was an open sewer at one time! However when cycling I saw herons and kingfishers there! So took a net along and collected sticklebacks and bullheads and I have a few snails for algae control. I later decided to fish with rod and line. To my amazement I discovered spots with depths of 6'!. I caught minnows and small chublets which I took and they are great in the tank. Its working well. I desperately want 3 or 4 gudgeon. I know you have videos with them and its local to me. would love it if you have suggestions of where to try? I'm not disclosing information but my ventures through head high nettles and brambles have seen me come to grips with 3lb + chub and sizeable perch and roach. Wonderful nature in an ex-industrial black country location. Thanks and subscribed
try MF Aquatics they sell and send them out
@@Chasingscalesspecieshunt Thanks will do!
I have been thinking about making a native tank for a while and this was a final push for me!
I used to have a tank with small carp, barbel, chub, gudgeon and bitterling.
The bitterling came for free with the fresh water mussel I bought (after they hatched out from it). Unfortunately they were all female.
That’s so cool! The sucker fish is a panda garra
Those are native to the UK.
@@bluesteno64 no there not
Nice video bud
Blessings and respect 🫡👏🏽
Very cool
love it mate!
cheers!
You should add ruffe at some point
Great video Jack :)
You should buy a floating solar air pump for the pond there about £40 and a grate for a pond your size in the summer when it get hot.
This is a good video man
Cheers Sean
So can you catch and keep bullhead in your pond in the uk or no
Id be really grateful if somebody told me
i put some in last year, they survived for quite some time, there wasn't too many, but i believe they are still alive and well.
@@Qalmcut thank you for telling me 👍
I'll probably put some in my pond soon
Did this ages ago same concept irish native tank (450L) had tench rudd and one or 2 carp
This. Is. AWESOME 😭😭😭😭
if you search for Rachel O leary she did a hill stream tankwith native american fish it was great but it was about 5ft x 2ft ! WHat size is that tank Jack? I've often thought about seting up one.
Very interesting. I used to have a minnow I kept him in a small tank for around 2 years. I caught him from the river running through Stourbridge with a small net. I used to feed him with goldfish flakes. Eventually I put him in the garden pond.
Thanks for the video
I also have a river tank. 1 chub, 1 dace, 1 orfe, 1 gudgeon, 1 minnow, 1 rudd and 4 bleak. All amazing
Nice!
Not picking holes but don't minnows shoal in the wild so you'd want a few ?
All the fish in my tank shoal together even though they are different species. Although to this day the minnow has been eaten by the chub
@@englishfishkeeper2007 thanks for the reply. Yeah chub will do that. Funnily enough I used to fish for chub in a stream as a kid, it's where i see the minnows.
Great little project. I think long before adding the Fish I would have added Copepods, Daphnia, River Limpets, Freshwater Winkles, Wandering Snails.... Would have suggested Great Pond snail and Great Ramshorn snail but they favour more stagnant water, Freshwater Shrimp, Fresh Water Mussels, Seed shrimp all of these natives should remove slot of organic waste and Algae growth prior to the introduction of fish.... Plus some of them will make nice snacks for some of the Fish, especially Stickleback and Minnows
theodoxus snails would also work but roach like eating them
Very nice
Hey,
How is it going with your aquarium?
What do you recommend for temperature on a 60L tank, just have it at room temp throughout the year?
May l ask what size tank & what filter rate ltrs per hour please. A great looking tank with healthy fish 👍
I have 3 common bodied long finned goldfish shubunkin and 2 sarasa comments in a 100 gallon with some hardy plants in I was wondering what hardy cold-water fish that can tolerate a variety of temperatures I could put in.
depends on your region but dojo loaches are pretty bulletproof and so are spotted hoplo catfish
The “common bodied long finned” goldfish are called Comets!
I did this two years back but my tench and roach outgrew the aquarium I had. The thing that fascinated me the most was my tench’s successful attempts at eating my minnows lol I didn’t know they did this until owning one
Good stuff. I've got some Rudd in my garden (wildlife) pond. They are shy but I couldn't have a pond without fish and I've found them to be a good compromise as they haven't really grown at all in 3 years
Very similar to my native tank but lot smaller . Well done thow
Yours is epic
@@Chasingscalesspecieshunt thanks jack . Have you been to jacks in Nottingham yet it’s amazing
@@gazgonenative4696 he tank is at the start!
I loved putting eels in mine
Algae is beneficial to your fish and adding algae remover does more harm than good
I’m considering owning stickleback but I can’t find a tank size can someone help?
Jeeeeez. .., those ads….😢
U had permission of the environment agency
do they breed
for alagae eaters i recomend theodoxus fluviatilis. nice very small european snail from nerite snail family
not heard of that one will check it out
Grayling can be surprising Jack …. A friend had one in his garden pond for several years, water quality is key. We catch 2 inch grayling on size 14 dry flies …. They are ambitious ! And pretty little fish ….
Never add rocks to bare bottom man!! Add some substrate first or use egg crates
😻😻😻😻😻
I have a stickleback in one of my tanks ❤
🤔 you are overfeeding these fish. They really only need to eat a couple times a week.
If you put some leaf litter in the tank that will provide the base for nutrients to grow on which the will consume.
DC freshwater fish have bitterlings and bullheads for sale🙂
hmmm well far as I know they shouldn't !
Those flipping adverts are so long
Almost the same set of species as I have. I tried bullheads, but had to move them to a separate tank because of the difficulty feeding (worms need to be dropped right in front of them!). I also have a silver bream which doesn't grow too fast, plus ruffe. I found bitterling in a shop about a year ago, but they were not the exact species found in UK, though looked very similar.
I have done this for years, currently my tank has a mirror carp, 2 tench, a barbel and a crusian carp
Roach won't out grow 😂a 4 foot tank ffs 😂😂😂
pike are really bad at running into glass and messing up their jaws, even in very large tanks they do this
Why is the comments section full of people bragging about themselves and their tanks 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Eel
NEVER release fish into the wild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!