Vicenza 260 Limited Edition - updated May 16

[crazy72]

Yay! A new tank!

As some of you know, it all started here: Fluval Vicenza 260 limited edition

The tank isn't up and running yet, but soon. And I thought I'd start a journal now to document the early days.

First step, done this week: painted the back (black). That's what I've done with all my tanks in recent years, and it's still what I like best. So I'm sticking with it. Finished today.

Before, w/o and w/ stand light:





After, w/o and w/ stand light:





More to come. Thanks for looking.

[jobber604]

Beautiful new tank. Looking forward, patiently, to the flooding, stocking, planting, ....

[Luke78]

Looking good Franck, gonna second what Ming said earlier.But taking your time to gather all the pieces you need and brainstorm a few layout ideas is alright too.Adding up the costs on paper helped me as well,and made my decision to stay on budget a huge plus.So easy to go spending all your money and then have empty pockets after which isnt a good feeling either.Keep updating looking forward to this!

[crazy72]

Thanks guys. Yes, there's the money aspect for sure, but also I actually like to take my time thinking about possible options, for both fauna/flora and scape. To me it's definitely part of the fun. And in this particular case, I really needed the time because I've been flip-flopping quite a bit recently between a couple of options. In fact I'm sure that I'll flip-flop again.

[zhasan]

Wao, the beginning of another amazing tank! Looking forward to see how it goes!!

[crazy72]

Thanks Zee.

And by the way, I realise now that I should clarify something I wrote in my previous post above: no, Shelley, neither option that I've been contemplating for this tank involves wild discus!

[big_bubba_B]

nice looking tak lol thought at first was 260g lol had to llok it up wild discus will sure look nice in there

[crazy72]

nice looking tak lol thought at first was 260g lol had to llok it up wild discus will sure look nice in there

Ha ha yeah this is confusing isn't it. It's 260 Liters. About 68G.

[crazy72]

Went to pick up some slate from Northwest landscaping last Saturday. A big thank you to Gary for meeting me there and checking that it was tank safe.

And made a trip to J&L tonight...

[2wheelsx2]

I know this is old news because of the roll back, but I missed it somehow. I gotta get me some of those Hamilton strips. Dang, I didn't know you were looking for a 425, I might have one or two lying around.