Hi Everybody!
I'm going to be travelling about 7 hours (one way) via car to pick up, let's say, 20 colonies (various species, a little bit of everything). As well as several shrimps, probably a few anemones and maybe other inverts (snails, crabs, etc).
My parents live at about the 3 hour mark in this trip, so I usually stay the night there then finish the trip and do the whole run on the way back home. THEN have to deal with unpacking all the livestock... It makes for a long day to say the least...
So I am milling over my options and wanted to bring it up for discussion:
What are the risks involved if I set up a holding tub and split the trip over two nights?
Should I just suck it up and do the whole trip at once?
Leave them in the bags overnight and skip the holding tub idea?
Perhaps use the holding tub and re-bag everything in the morning? (the original idea was to simply transport the holding tub with everything still in it; I've done this before with high success). However, to this point, the cold weather is upon us so there is a certain amount of risk of not using the heavy styrofoam containers.
Any other thoughts or options I might have?
I'm going to be travelling about 7 hours (one way) via car to pick up, let's say, 20 colonies (various species, a little bit of everything). As well as several shrimps, probably a few anemones and maybe other inverts (snails, crabs, etc).
My parents live at about the 3 hour mark in this trip, so I usually stay the night there then finish the trip and do the whole run on the way back home. THEN have to deal with unpacking all the livestock... It makes for a long day to say the least...
So I am milling over my options and wanted to bring it up for discussion:
What are the risks involved if I set up a holding tub and split the trip over two nights?
Should I just suck it up and do the whole trip at once?
Leave them in the bags overnight and skip the holding tub idea?
Perhaps use the holding tub and re-bag everything in the morning? (the original idea was to simply transport the holding tub with everything still in it; I've done this before with high success). However, to this point, the cold weather is upon us so there is a certain amount of risk of not using the heavy styrofoam containers.
Any other thoughts or options I might have?
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