Setting up a waterbox deep sand bed tank

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So I always wanted to keep a deep sand bed tank and I briefly did with my redsea G2 200 tank even if I didn't get very far besides adding a few snails that died and no fish or corals just sand and rocks and some seagrass I found on a beach and this was about 2 years ago.

My main goal is to keep invertebrates fish and corals that do best in a deep sand bed enviroment like tube anemones sand dollars jawfish maybe even sea cucumbers and serpent starfish various snails and hermit crabs and any compatible corals that do best on the sand bed like Trachyphyllia Scolymia and Candy cane corals.

I also want to add macro algae to increase the copepod population for when I eventually add a mandarin fish 1 year after starting my waterbox tank when I get mine in a few years.

The first fish I add will be a clownfish and maybe a watchman goby and a shrimp pair.
 
So I always wanted to keep a deep sand bed tank and I briefly did with my redsea G2 200 tank even if I didn't get very far besides adding a few snails that died and no fish or corals just sand and rocks and some seagrass I found on a beach and this was about 2 years ago.

My main goal is to keep invertebrates fish and corals that do best in a deep sand bed enviroment like tube anemones sand dollars jawfish maybe even sea cucumbers and serpent starfish various snails and hermit crabs and any compatible corals that do best on the sand bed like Trachyphyllia Scolymia and Candy cane corals.

I also want to add macro algae to increase the copepod population for when I eventually add a mandarin fish 1 year after starting my waterbox tank when I get mine in a few years.

The first fish I add will be a clownfish and maybe a watchman goby and a shrimp pair.
Best of luck, following!
 
Following! Always love seeing deep sandbed builds!
 

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