Moving across country

[crab]

We are planning a move several months from now and trying to figure out which of our tanks/inhabitants to bring with us. We don't have anything complicated, but I'm not quite sure how to go about "packing" them.

We have 5-10 small hermits, 5 small snails, 3 sexy shrimp, and a pistol/goby pair (these are the two I'm most worried about), a clown and a royal gramma. We also have a handful of corals, 2 or 3 zoas, bubble coral, a few others, I'm less concerned about these but I would like to keep my zoas.

What would be the best way to transport them? The drive would be 15-20 hours which we would drive in one day. Would they even be okay, sloshing around in a car for that long? What do I put them in and what do they need as far as heating/cooling? It will be next spring/summer so the weather will be warm.

Anyone have any tips, guidance, resources for me?

 

[NanoReefer]

just put your water in a cooler with some rock and the fish every once in a while inject some air in there with a turkey baster to oxygenate the water. put heater in there aswell and monitor temp and you should be fine

 

[fastrd400]

If you are friendly with your LFS ask them if they can come over, or you bring them to them. Have them bag and box them for shipping. 15-20 hours in a car would be fine. Remember, these guys are shipped the same way for a minimum of 24 hours from a wholesaler or collector.

 

[ErinCahir]

I wouldn't do the rock and the fish in the same cooler... the rock will probably do a bit of sliding around.

 

[Waddi]

+1 Erin
Put the rock in a new garbage bin if ya know what im saying.
Seperating everything would be your best bet to keep things happy, container for coral, container for rock, and last a container for fish.
Or bag em like fast said, i would probs go for the bag.

 

[NanoReefer]

yeah+1 everyone sometimes i dont think before i say stuff haha

 

[Burch01]

You might also want to think about getting a small battery powered air pump so you dont' have to do the turkey baster thing. You should be able to find them for about $10.00. Just a thought.

 

[crab]

Thank you so much for all the tips! I really appreciate it. I'm glad to find out that it WILL be possible to bring everyone with us. :D