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					Originally Posted by StirCrazy
					
				 put a new sand bed in or leave it out.  disturbing an established sand bed is a recipe for disaster. | 
	
 I have moved plenty of sandbeds from one tank to another while upgrading tanks or moving to a new house.  There have never been any problems with sandbed issues.  Sandbed depths have been 3"-4". 
Usually, I have left the corals, fish and critters in a heated, aerated, partially covered but lit rubbermaid tub while the sandbed settled somewhat, for less than a day.  
I have also put heaters and powerheads in the newly setup tank with the old sandbed to help off-gas the bad stuff that would come from the sandbed.  JME, though.