[FitoPharmer]

My first big transfer was a 120G. I used new rubbermaid garbage cans to help transfer all the rock and some of the water. Half filled with rock and water they are very manageable with two people. Everything delicate fish/coral/invert wise was bagged up and put in coolers. Any extra water was put in 5G water jugs. Everything was taken out of the tank super fast inside the warm house, I needed help from about 3 people. As the tank drained I passed out live rock and bagged coral and caught easy slow inverts like snails and crabs. Once the tank was nearly drained I caught the fish and shrimp. Then it was a quick transfer of the tank, equipment and livestock into a van, a 30 min drive, and another quick transfer to my warm house. I quickly drilled the tank so the livestock sat around for almost 2 additional hours. I put everything in the tank afterwards and the livestock was all fine. A quick scrape of the tank and a 40% water change I had waiting at home made the tank look several times better then it did originally only a few hours after being setup. In hind sight, warming packs for the coolers and maybe some small heaters and pumps for the LR would have been ideal.

HTH