I moved a 1.8 mt tank from ChCh to Blenheim, I got the fish babysat at the pet shop in ChCh, put all rock in two big barrels, with half of the water, loaded the tank and cabinet onto trailor....then drove to Blenheim, set it up with fresh sea water had it running for a week then drove back to pick up fishies....just in buckets, they survived! Was a mission though....good luck!! I have a big sump here if you want to store anything.