Picking up tank, need advice

[irburncycle]

I am getting a 90 Gal tank tomarrow. It is an established tank that I will be relocateing to my house. It includes everything, sump system, live stock, the works. I am going to be relocateing it to my house from about 15 minutes drive time away. The issue is moving the water. My wife is going to be moveing the tank and equipment in her suv and I am going to be moving the water and livestock in my pickup. I purchased 15 5 gal buckets with snap on lids. I was figureing on putting the live stock on three buckets (with tank water of course) and putting them in the back seat of my truck and then 12 other buckets in my bed with water and the rock in those buckets. I was going to replace the rest of the water with my own premixed saltwater.

This comes out to about half the water in the tank. Do I need to get another pickup involved to move more of the existing tank water or is half enough? I have get fresh water before (40 gal) but this is my first endevor into marine life. Thanks for your help!

[leebca]

You can move as much of the water as you want, including 'very little' of it. There is no need to use the same water.

If you replace water, it is just like a water change. However, you must control the new water going in, in the sense that it seems the same to the fish. You don't want the fish or any marine lifeform to 'notice' the new water is different. So the new water must match the old/current water the fish live in. Think of this as a large water change and follow these guidelines: How to Make a Successful Water Change

Also, introducing the fish to the relocated tank should just be like an abbreviated acclimation process: It Was Acclimation, I know. . .