I got all new 5 gallon pails from home depot. and kept all the water from tank but not sump and put over rocks in separate pails and mebbe one fish per pail but rock with coral went in sep pails so not to crush them ..and new sand .rip open the new bag sand and lay it flat on top of sand and use a pump to run water out of pails ...I used acaquaclear hob filter to clean up the water fast while setting up the sump