The long ride home - thoughts on transporting?

[seastar]

Hello there!

I am planning for my trip to Reef-a-Palooza in Orlando in 8 days and there is 0 chance I'll get out of there without falling in love with a handful (or lets be honest probably 20+) corals. I think I'll probably stay the night one night and then drive back to my home about 2 hours away, so how can you keep everything happy? Bubbler? Bring a small header? Styrofoam cooler? Looking for some past experience and tips/tricks that helped people be successful getting everything home

Thanks!

 

[lambchops]

A Styrofoam cooler and a heat pack should be fine. Might be alright without the heat pack depending on temperature. 2 hours isn't that long.

 

[3mm3]

Hello there!

I am planning for my trip to Reef-a-Palooza in Orlando in 8 days and there is 0 chance I'll get out of there without falling in love with a handful (or lets be honest probably 20+) corals. I think I'll probably stay the night one night and then drive back to my home about 2 hours away, so how can you keep everything happy? Bubbler? Bring a small header? Styrofoam cooler? Looking for some past experience and tips/tricks that helped people be successful getting everything home

Thanks!

I have done a few cross country trips with both corals, fish and inverts.
Fish where kept in buckets with bubblers. Corals both in styro containers and buckets.
The only issue I ran into is prolonged trips had a negative effect on sps. Oh and if you place a box or bucket on the floorboard of the car make sure that the exhaust doesn't heat it up. I learned that one the hard way..
For an overnight stay you should be good with the styro container.

 

[seastar]

Ok great! Thanks a bunch!

 

[seastar]

A Styrofoam cooler and a heat pack should be fine. Might be alright without the heat pack depending on temperature. 2 hours isn't that long.

I'm thinking about spending the night too so the heat pack is probably a good idea since the a/c quell be running.