Moving Inquiry

Get plenty of plastic bins for transport and temporary holding until the tanks are relocated and up and running.Airpumps or bubblers would be a big help.
I have never heard of the butterfly pleco you mentioned but it sounds like you will have to capture it and place it in its container while it is submerged...can you post a photo of it?

Any fish that is sensitive to air should be container caught NOT net caught to keep the exposure to air down.
then transported to the tub.
Lots of air stones running in all the containers. use your tank water for the moving containers.
keep all filters, plants decorations, substrate, in tank water and wet at all times.
This will help with the BB and speed up the cycle process once you setup again.
Don't be afraid to use a kick start agent like quick start as a booster when re setting the tanks. Your BB is going to take a major hit during the move.

The RTC can walk to his new home since these things are pretty much indestructible, it may even flex his fins 1/2 way there in a wrestling pose. LOL

I moved my 160 gallon tank around myself once it was off of the stand. I used PVC pipe 2 inch sched. 80 3 pieces as rollers. ( give me a fulcrum I'll move the world) my 16 YO son helped me get one end back on the stand and I used the roller pipe again to get it in position.
My tank is just over 400 lbs empty. ALWAYS keep the tank off the ground enough to get your fingers under it. and keep something under it when your fingers are there incase you need to set it down. You don't want to lose a finger fron the tank because you had no room to get them out from under it.
To get it off of the stand took 4 people, since the original stand was 32 inches high. it's now only 12 inches off of the ground.
Two people can move it around with the pipe. one to pick up a end the other to get the 1st piece of pipe under it and to rotate the piece that is going to come out the back and place it back up front.
then the two again to get it back on the stand with one piece of pipe under it.

I'm sure I'm missing a ton of info for you, sorry.
We just moved all our tanks last fall and remodeled. we are now setting the last of the tanks up.
the 160 is a little more then 1/2 through the cycle with nitrites reading high.

We started fresh and went from 20 years of Oscars and Chicla to ancient fish and brackish. Only thing we kept animal wise was the turtles and snake.
Everything else was "gifted" out for free.

Rich

Also stop feeding your fish a couple days before the move. That way they will make less waste during the move.

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Ahh, Hillstream loaches are cool, I've learned they are often called Hong Kong butterfly pleco as a common name.

Glad the move is going smooth.
It's always stress on both parties. pets and people when you move.

Rich