Moving house

Right so on Wednesday me and the 3 12" stingrays are moving house. Along with their tank mates, a giant guarami, a 16"BGK, an ornate Bircher and a fire eel.

Ive vey got their temporary accommodation sorted which is a large water but which I'll have an air pump and a heater for. The heater will have a casing so the days don't get burned.

My my question is about water quality. How long should I not feed the rays for before they have to go into the water but? And how long will they be ok in there for I could do with them being in there the night before as then van will be here at 9am so that will meet getting up at 5am otherwise to catch everyone and empty the tank of water, decks, sand and then there's the sump to deal with.
The air stone being stuffed into a sponge that has been in the filter for months which is my make do media/filter (sort of like a sponge filter). They will be in about 60 gal of water while moving (only a 15 min trip in the van) but then I've got to re set up the tank which is having all the same lava rock in the sump, same stand and decorations etc so there shouldn't be much need for a cycle.

Now ow im paying for a removal company to move the tank and my belongings and they are aware the tank is last to go into the van and 1st out and in place. They are moving the rest of the stuff while I get the hose out.

Any help appreciated even if it's completely different to my original plan.

Thanks Toby, would I need more bacteria though if I have 40kg of lava rock in the sump that I'll be re using and keeping wet during the move?

Raymann88 said:

I made a similar move a couple years ago. Morning of the move I got up early, netted my rays into tubs, filled a 45 gallon plastic garbage can (new) full of tank water and hooked my filters to it to keep them circulating. Then i pumped my tanks out into a new water cistern tank loaded on my trailer. Movers loaded my tanks last and unloaded them first. I left the rays and filters at the old house. When we got to the new house, While they were unloading the rest of my stuff, I set up the tanks and filled them back up from the cistern. Then I went back to the old house, got my filters and went to the new house and set them up. Then went back and got the rays. The whole time rays had an air stone and heater in each tub. Each ray had their own large tub. Finally got them settled in at 2:00 in the morning. Guess I should have mentioned I was moving 4 large tanks and 12 rayys

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So would you say my rays would be ok for 18 hours with no filter just a heater and air pump if they aren't fed for 2 days prior to moving to reduce the amount of ammonia they produce?