Hi all and great too be here I’m after a few answers I’ve been doing marine tanks now for over 3-4 years and this is the first time I’ve been really stumped on what too do for the best I’ve got a new tank a 200 gallon and my wife !! Has told me that it has too go where the old tank is in situ I know corals out first and then fish and rock my problem is this new tank is sumped so this will take longer too set up and I do have a very busy rl my question is how long can coral live in a large plastic box with power head and heater but no light and when it comes too the fish will they be ok in a similar situation in a large 50ltr Tupperware box (do have a old jump guard too hand ) I would say at the longest the fish might be out of the tank 3 day at the longest and also have dr Tim’s one and only ready also new sand and 30kg of live rock in a heated bucket with power head to me I’m stressing out over it being a lot too do but it probably isn’t also will b heating my salt water before bringing it into the tank too speed everything up hope too have a bit of clarification of you guys and thanks you
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Welcome! If you are putting the corals in a temp controlled environment with power heads I would say 3 days is ok. Fish definitely ok. I would suggest to acclimate them back to the light.
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Hello Jim, and welcome to R2R!! 
I would suggest to have some type of light over the corals, in regards to the fish. You will be fine without light for 3 days.
I would suggest to have some type of light over the corals, in regards to the fish. You will be fine without light for 3 days.
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Welcome to R2r. The 3 days is no problem for the fish but is there any way you can get at least some light on the corals. That could stress them going 3 days with no light at all.
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You can easily hold fish and corals for several days in newly setup tank. I agree that the coral can go without light for a few days, but, I also agree it would be better to have a light for the corals as it will help them. If possible, I would try and shut down and setup you holding tanks on the same day so you can put the water from the old tank in the container that will hold the corals. If you have any extra rock, I would put it in the old tank now and allow it to be seeded before setting up the holding tanks so you can use it in the holding tanks.
Though it is a lot of work, its not as bad as it sounds. Once you get started you will see what I am talking about.
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You can easily hold fish and corals for several days in newly setup tank. I agree that the coral can go without light for a few days, but, I also agree it would be better to have a light for the corals as it will help them. If possible, I would try and shut down and setup you holding tanks on the same day so you can put the water from the old tank in the container that will hold the corals. If you have any extra rock, I would put it in the old tank now and allow it to be seeded before setting up the holding tanks so you can use it in the holding tanks.
Though it is a lot of work, its not as bad as it sounds. Once you get started you will see what I am talking about.
Congrats on the upgrade!!!
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