I will be moving 15 min away in November just bought my first house. I'm in buffalo ny so it will be in the 40s by the time i move. I have a 30 gallon reef tank with an eshops rs100 sump. I have alot of equipment such as neptune trident ,dos, apex , powerstrips, ato , protein skimmer, ato , ato resvoir, fleece roller. echotech battery backup, two mp10's 2 radion pro xr15 gen 4 , vectra return. like 5 heaters. two extra 10 gallon tanks. RODI. A bunch of extra supplements and chemicals. uv sterilizer. a extra jeabo doser. I have like at least 5 5gallon buckets. Extra powerheads. extra return pump. BUnch of testing equipment.
I have a tank filled wall to wall with coral. Should I get foam pads and fill 5 gallon buckets. and put a large rock with coral in the middle of the bucket with the foam around it. Or should i try to get coral off the rock that isn't crazy encrusted and bag them. I feel like the foam bucket idea might be easier and less work and could keep the coral safe. The coral on the wall is only gsp on back wall so i think if i remove almost all the water except like an inch on the bottom where the sand is. I was going to keep an inch of water in tank and the sand and remove everything else. I believe the gsp would be find out of water for at least 30 min to an hour. Should i replace my sand its 2 and a half years old ? i'm just worried about a recycle if i try to change it. I add a small amount of bacteria from brightwell aquatics every time i do a weekly 10% water change. I think the whole process from tear down to putting it back up would only take 2 hours