So I added 12 bags of Live sand and two 40 pound bags of fine dry aragonite to total 440 pounds of sand to one side of the new lagoon. The lagoon tank is plexiglass and approx 46 inches by 8 feet long. It has three 4 inch high bulkheads built into the bottom of the tank. They separate the tank into three zones, each a little under three feet wide. All of the sand is in the far end. The middle is set up high current and the side opposite the sand is set up as a settling area. The first day after adding the sand I added about 160 gallons freshly made/aged salt water to the system and started circulation inside the lagoon with a power head. At this point I began to add water to my main system and allow it to back flow into the lagoon until it was completely level with my other sumps. It took me another 48 hours or so to make up and add the rest of the water. After the system leveled out i left the valves open but since I wasn't adding water to the lagoon there was little flow. I added another power head to the lagoon and let it settle for a couple of days. After it settled and cleared up, I moved about half of the live rock from my existing sumps. 10 days after i set it up i added a line from my overflow tot he sump. So now aprox 75 percent of my water coming out of my main tank overflow flows directly into the settling area of my new lagoon. It flows through the lagoon and into the overflow in the sandy end. From there it flows through my other sumps, past a skimmer and another 10 inch sand bed and finally into the main SPS tank. The mangroves are still rooting but I moved all but one of my anemones into the main lagoon about a week ago. Here are the first pics, all hand held but the critters are happy and they do give an idea of what we got so far.
Thank You. It's as close to art as I can get anyway. Thanks
I'm seriously thinking about copying your rock work it will look awesome when some stags get bigger I have alot of rock on my tank and it kinda sucks
