moving 840g system and livestock, Storage ideas???

[NSX22]

I bought a 440 gallon and 300g sump with liverock and a bunch of coral (mostly softies).
I am looking for cheap ways to store all of this stuff safely while I clean and buff out the tank.
I was going to move it all in brute trash cans (unless you know a cheaper way) and store it all back in the 300 gallon stock sump and whatever the cheapest things are that will hold large water volumes?
I was thinking a couple of plastic kids pools? any ideas?

rubbermaid makes the 300g stock tanks for around $200, but there has to be a cheaper temporary way to store it all. the main tank is full of liverock by the way- probably

 

[NSX22]

well I have been brainstorming... what do you guys think of a pool of some sort? I was thinking hard plastic or inflatable, I am not sure if that would hurt the water or not...

 

[badcop]

Kiddie pools are great as long as they are not exposed to the laws of Murphy. I.E. "Hey dad cool you got us a pool for the summer!" "Even cooler we can go fishin!"

 

[stevedola]

i cant find the pic but i remember someone having an entire reef setup in a kiddie pool in his garage while he upgraded.

 

[NSX22]

hah, cool, for once my idea was good

 

[nauticac4]

Google Steave Weast (I think I got that right) or go to www.oregonreef.com he changed out a gigantic tank for and even bigger one. He had some type of inflatable pool that he used for all of the live rock and water that were stored for about 3 days while he did the changout. It may be worth taking a look at.

 

[91yota]

my lfs (coral dynamics) has a pool as part of his growout system

 

[thor32766]

kiddie pools are a cheap efficent way thats for sure.

 

[frednwilma1999]

Like a rubber maid Horse trough?!!! should work fine

 

[adammreef]

what about building a temporary pond out of 2x4s and plywood and put a pond liner around the inside?