Moving my reef - Need advice

[kobibm13]

Hello everyone,
I am moving from Philly to NYC and I will be moving my 45gal reef with me. Wondered if anyone can give some recommendations on what to do?

I thought to get 6 5gal buckets with lids and put live rocks and fish in them . Now should I put a battery operated air-stone to make sure they have oxygen?

I have:
- Yellow tang
- 2 neon damsels
- 2 stripe damsels
- Clownfish (with anemone)
- dragonet
- Shrimp and several small crabs
- 2 starfish that always hide
- 1 sand shifting star fish
- 1 Pincushion Urchin

as for corals:
- 1 Pineapple tree
- 1 yellow leather
- Mushroom rock
- and few other ones (you can see in the image) that I don't remember the names

I will appreciate all the suggestions I can get as this is a 2 hour drive + set up time and I don't want to loose anything.

Thank you!

 

[Duke4Life]

That's what I did, used a 5 gal bucket with airstone for livestock. Coolers could be used for the rock with no airstones needed.

 

[kobibm13]

Thanks

should I put fish and live rock together?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Here's a good article that might help.

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/are-you-moving.69/