Avoiding a sandbed crash when moving tanks

[The Grizz]

I've done this a couple times now & the best way is:

Drain as much water as possible while relocating coral first.

Remove rock as it is getting close to the water a piece at a time leaving any pieces that are in the sand until all coral & fish are out.

Then go in for the fish, fill the temp home first so it's ready to go & put a heater in it to keep it warm as well as the coral bin & rock.

Once everything is out remove as much of the remaining water as possible, then last of the rock.

Scoop out the sand into a bucket & using a lg fine mesh fish net rinse 2 - 3 cups of sand at a time under the tap until water is clean, dump into a different bucket obviously ( you know that already )

Once it's all rinsed & new tank is in place reverse the order & rebuild.


That being said if you need a few extra heater I have a bunch you can borrow.