How do I connect a second LaCie drive to my iMac 24"

Hi, Im new at this and would like to know how do I connect my second 1TB LaCie drive to my 24" iMac. Im not sure if I need to connect it directly to my current LaCie drive since my iMac does not have a second firewire 800 port. Also, should I disconnect the old one to format the new one before?

Oh..Ok, but to format the new one do I need to disconnect the old one and then connect the new one to the iMac before doing the daisy chain? Also, can Time Machine run both at the same time? Right now I have the Time Machine backing up my entire computer on the old LaCie, I want to use the new one to place my iPhoto library and all of my RAW images from my photography clients so I can free up space in my iMac.

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