JuniorTheGoldfish
New Member
Hi there,
I joined this forum after reading some nice posts and seeing some photos of some excellent aquariums. This has given me something to aspire to. I have recently purchsed a Fluval Vicenza 260 with a limited edition cabinet and have it put together but am waiting on some parts before I begin filling it up. I am an avid animal lover with 6 goldfish and 2 dogs. I have been keeping goldfish for about 20 years and like them because they are easy to keep and train. However after longing to get a warmwater aquarium for a long time I went and purchased a large 248 litre one from Fluval. The aquarium is filtered by a Fluval 305, heated with the Fluval E 300watt heater with VueTech technology and illuminated with GLO T5 HO lamps.
So far I have only the basic assembly complete but once my backgrounds arrive this week I will begin filling it and conditioning the water. I have attached a few photos so you can see the state of the tank now and also some shots of my 40 litre gold fish tank.
New tank, sizing was importand as I only had 140cm available so went for a max of 120 to let me with 10cm each side.
Here is a shot of the Limited Edition cabinet with the integrated night light, this will serve to entice the night time feeders to come out.
The Vicenza tank has an integtated light timer which is very nice.
The filter is in the base of the cabinet and the connection pipes are through the base of the tank, so no pipes out the top of the tank.
All the equipment comes in the kit including this Fluval heater with integrated temperature display. It has a nice little toggle switch on the top to adjust the temperature as well. The temperature display will show in Blue for too cold, Green for just right and red for too warm.
Here is another shot of the front of the tank with my little wheaton terrier getting his head in the way.
Here is a shot of my gold fish tank, Jr is the gold one that is now 7 - 8 years old.
Here is another shot of the goldfish. I have 1 Fantail, 2 comets, 2 black moor and a veil tail.
I am wondering if anyone can give some advise on what plants I can put in immedietly to help get the cycle going? I want to plant around the back and sides of the tank but do not know much about them since the goldfish have always had artificial plants. So all advise will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jr The Goldfish
I joined this forum after reading some nice posts and seeing some photos of some excellent aquariums. This has given me something to aspire to. I have recently purchsed a Fluval Vicenza 260 with a limited edition cabinet and have it put together but am waiting on some parts before I begin filling it up. I am an avid animal lover with 6 goldfish and 2 dogs. I have been keeping goldfish for about 20 years and like them because they are easy to keep and train. However after longing to get a warmwater aquarium for a long time I went and purchased a large 248 litre one from Fluval. The aquarium is filtered by a Fluval 305, heated with the Fluval E 300watt heater with VueTech technology and illuminated with GLO T5 HO lamps.
So far I have only the basic assembly complete but once my backgrounds arrive this week I will begin filling it and conditioning the water. I have attached a few photos so you can see the state of the tank now and also some shots of my 40 litre gold fish tank.
New tank, sizing was importand as I only had 140cm available so went for a max of 120 to let me with 10cm each side.
Here is a shot of the Limited Edition cabinet with the integrated night light, this will serve to entice the night time feeders to come out.
The Vicenza tank has an integtated light timer which is very nice.
The filter is in the base of the cabinet and the connection pipes are through the base of the tank, so no pipes out the top of the tank.
All the equipment comes in the kit including this Fluval heater with integrated temperature display. It has a nice little toggle switch on the top to adjust the temperature as well. The temperature display will show in Blue for too cold, Green for just right and red for too warm.
Here is another shot of the front of the tank with my little wheaton terrier getting his head in the way.
Here is a shot of my gold fish tank, Jr is the gold one that is now 7 - 8 years old.
Here is another shot of the goldfish. I have 1 Fantail, 2 comets, 2 black moor and a veil tail.
I am wondering if anyone can give some advise on what plants I can put in immedietly to help get the cycle going? I want to plant around the back and sides of the tank but do not know much about them since the goldfish have always had artificial plants. So all advise will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jr The Goldfish