As long as you’re sand and rock aren’t new, a transfer of those to a new tank won’t cause a full fledged cycle. It’ll be like doing a 100% waterchange. Frustrating I know but you can do it.Yeah, now I'm considering whetehr I'm dropping the livestock off at an LFS or trying to otherwise save them in a new tank. (If I stay in the hobby, I'll need to set up an uncycled tank this AM. 40 breeder from Petco and the IO instant bacteria)