I would definitely not reuse the sand.
if you do, clean it totally IMO
there is alot of nasty stuff in sand and if you just switch it over, that nasty stuff is going to be released into the water.
I have done lots of tank moves and now just throw the sand out and start new...in the beginning, I moved the sand and I lost quite a bit of livestock.
I am switching over from a 90 to a 180 in my living room and plan on adding the new sand and the new water to the new tank..let it settle...pull the livestock and put them in containers temporary with powerhead and then move the LR and old water over to the new, let it settle, move the Livestock in...this is a FOWLR.
If you have corals, I would find someone to hold for a couple of days till things really settle as I find corals are more likely to react negatively to changes.
Neal
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