Moving dilemmas

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So we are looking at houses and plan to move by spring next year. Will be within a 70 miles of current location.
The reef actually seems the easiest to move buy another 40b transport the rocks, coral, fish and equipment to the new already cycled tank. Use new sand.

Next comes the planted, its a 55 gallon.

Its a layered substrate, co2 injected, nutreint dosed system with leds. The plants have been growing for about 7 years, so any move will require uprooting, ditching the substrate and starting over for the most part.

This move has been in the works for 2 years now so i havent stocked any replacements to any fish that have passed from old age. So is now a tank of guppies, 2 clown plecos and a pair of wild caught rams oh and a whip tail cat i see every 6 months or so. All have been in the system for at least 5 years. Really tempted to gift the fish and tear it down and perhaps do a sea horse tank out of it for the other half. Not sure i have the patience to set this tank up again.

Last to move i have about a 16 8-12” goldfish in an outside pond. Any realistic way to move pond fish successfully outside the warmer months? Or building a pond while its cold quickly?

Figured i would get some advice ahead of time rather than wait for the last minute.
 
For the pond move it indoors if possible just for the winter.

Well if you don't want the planted tank this is the time to convert to another salt.
 
For the pond move it indoors if possible just for the winter.

Well if you don't want the planted tank this is the time to convert to another salt.

Thats where i was thinking, but not sure how to make that work economically, i have a 100g trough that has worked as a temporary residence for treatment, but never longer than a 2 weeks. And outside a 50 gallon water change is not a chore drain, add prime fill with a hose. I cant think of a reasonable way to control ammonia buildup indoors. As thats close to only 7 gallons per kg of fish. And inside will be active not hibernating. Could buy a 500 gallon stock tank but, thats a huge plastic pool sitting in a house lol.
 
A large sump with loads of bio media . Or a chiller to bring the temp down.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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