Storing coral while at MTRC frag swap?

snooked321 · Apr 5, 2012

I plan on bringing some coral home from the swap, i live in Franklin ( not too far ) Is a cooler all i need?

Dowtish · Apr 5, 2012

Yes, that will work perfectly

SmyrnaReefer · Apr 5, 2012

a big cooler so you can buy more. small coller only limit the quantity you can buy! J/K

EvilMel · Apr 5, 2012

SmyrnaReefer said:
a big cooler so you can buy more. small coller only limit the quantity you can buy! J/K

Agreed, completely. Bring a bigger cooler than you think you'll need and a couple of towels.

pickupman66 · Apr 5, 2012

I always bring a large igloo cooler. in the past with Jan swaps, I would put some water in the bottom and a small heater to keep it at tank temp. should not be an issue this time around.

haysanatar · Apr 5, 2012

a cooler will be plenty fine

you've got to think they ship them overnight all the time

snooked321 · Apr 5, 2012

Thanks for the replies, I'll bring two lol

HighDefCorals · Apr 11, 2012

A cooler works well, What we do (and we travel overnight with a lot of stuff..) is to take a soda bottle and fill it with hot tap water, wrap it in a towel and place in the cooler along side the corals.
In summer we use frozen bottles, or cold tap water. Works well for us.

Just have the vendor pack with plenty of water, if possible. This helps keep the temperature stable.

Paul.

pickupman66 · Apr 11, 2012

ill bring a few styrofoam ice chests for folks as well. Ugh.. my truck is going to be so full.

solar · Apr 5, 2013

pickupman66 said:
ill bring a few styrofoam ice chests for folks as well. Ugh.. my truck is going to be so full.

That is very nice of you

ruppertb · Apr 5, 2013

I have used a store bought plastic cooler with water and a heater and a batter op temp probe. Works great

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