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Originally Posted by fishytime
have a few coolers or rubbermaid tubs ready....if you have a spare powerhead and heater for one or two of them, that is best.....do things as quickly as you can and have the tank be the only thing you move in that trip.....bag the corals if you can, this way if something happens to one of them, it doesnt effect all of them.....siphon as much water as you can carry into on of the coolers/bins and put the power head and heater in with your fish....float the corals in there until you are ready to roll.......siphon the rest of the water out into another cooler/bin (s) and put your rock in those (with a heater and powerhead if you can).....do not re-use the sand unless you plan on cleaning it thouroughly.....have some fresh salt/water made and ready just in case you either need to top off or need to do a large water change if something goes wrong....
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well said.
also using something like stability or prodibio will help keep the bacterias in check