I don't have pictures at the moment for reasons I'll explain later, but yesterday I added 220 pounds of sand to the tank. 120 was live Caribbean sand, the other 100 was just plain old ocean sand. It looks really good in the tank. There's probably about 4 inches give or take.
It was quite the experience getting it all in there. I tried to work around the rock, but that didn't work at all. So I filled a rubbermaid container with 15 gallons of water from the tank and put the live rock in there. I put a bunch of cardboard and towels on the floor and put the base rock there. I washed the sand outside ( big mess ) then started filling the tank. I tried not to make a big mess by scooping the sand with a small cup but after a while that became pointless, the sandstorm was inevitable.
This morning the sandstorm has cleared and the tank looks really nice. The rock isn't where I want it to go ultimately, but that'll be a job for next weekend.
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