Moved a running 125g 45 miles last december with 5g buckets, bags and shipping boxes, even took enough water for temporary startup, zero loss. Its not as scary as it sounds. Just keep your test kits handy when you move it and a couple water changes. Being a 8g you could put the entire contents in a rubbermaid tote, move it, restart with all the same water, do water change, live happily ever after.