Ok to transfer fish/inverts without acclimation?

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I am transferring my fish and invertebrates from my 60g cube to my eshopps Mariner m130 in the morning. I have salinity, temperature and alkalinity basically identical. I don’t think I can match exact ph, calcium, magnesium, nitrate and phosphates. Ph might be different by .2 or so. Same salt brand. Will I be ok to just transfer from one tank to the other without any acclimation? I basically did this with the biota yellow tang when it arrived. That’s how they said to do it. Match temp and put it in. I’ll be transferring coral and live rock too. I don’t plan on using any of the old water. Any one else do it like this with no problems?
 
Fish should be fine, inverts can be much more sensitive, especially things like urchins and shrimps.
 

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