moving a complete 120g - looking for advice - Vancouver

[fishyfolks]

Hi guys,

I have decided to upgrade from my 90 to a 125 (again) lol. Anyways, I am going to be moving an entirely set-up 120 tank and 55 gallon sump (incl livestock, LR, LS....ect ect)

Basically, since I have done 2 moves before like this I am fairly confident in what my plans are, but I'm ALL for any advice that anyone else has I know a lot of other ppl have taken on this job, so I'd love to hear other ppls experiences or things that really worked for them as well as things you'd maybe do differently.

All fish (1o) and corals (approx 20) will have their own bucket in the heated cab of a mini van, I will run an inverter as well for heaters and pumps since the LR (approx 150lbs) will be transported in tank water in garbage cans in the back of a uhual that I'll be renting. The drive should only take about an hour.

I have a cycled 90 gallon tank that is set up with only about 40 lbs of LR (to hopefiully help them feel comfy with places to hide) I will be putting all the fish into the 90 with some of the water from the original tank (im thinking 1/2 and 1/2). i was thinking I'd just 'dump' them in since I cant really acclimate with them in a bucket and even if I did try acclimaiting them first, dont you think that the extra time spent in the buckets while acclimating may be more stressful than just putting them in the tank? Any advice would be awesome! The corals are all attached to rock so the same 'problem' applies.

My main goal from this thread is to obtain any advice that you guys might have that could make all my little passengers as happy as possible and to minimize their stress as much as I can (any tips you have that may help lessen my backache at the end of the day are more than welcome too) lol

Also, I would really love to know if anyone has a truck rental place they recommend other than uhual. The truck is going to run me $200 when its all said and done. So, if anyone knows of a cheaper route that'd be sweet as well.

I really appreciate any input