Activated Carbon For Corals While Moving Tank

[riley9010]

I am moving my tank tomorrow and plan to place my corals in a 2 gallon Styrofoam cooler while I travel around an hour and a half to the new location for the tank. I was wondering if there are any cons to placing the bag of activated carbon that I use in the system in this 2.5 gallon cooler to mitigate any potential coral warfare given the stress of the move. Is it safer to just go without it considering it’s only an hour and a half drive maybe three hours total from removal to being placed back in the system?

 

[Fish Fan]

Just me, but I would skip the bag of carbon. Just placing a bag of carbon in still water is a very inefficient way to use carbon, as opposed to having water flowing through the bag, like in a filter or reactor. For this reason, I don't think it would help much, and might even hurt if there's a lot of detritus trapped in/on the carbon or the bag itself. If you wanted to try it, I'd at least use some fresh, clean carbon and ditch the old stuff.

Good luck with your move!