survival rate

[Jedi68]

Does anyone know how long a SPS frag will survive in a bag of water with the temperature around 70-72 f and no light? What could I do to ensure the survival of the frag? I am asking because someone want me to drive some corals over to Edmonton. Unfortunately, I am not driving there directly. It will be at least 48 hours. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

[IslandReefer]

This summer...during the heatwave, I drove about a dozen SPS and LPS frags from Calgary to Victoria....total time apx 48hr.
I didn't have to worry to much about heat, but the styrobox works better than you think. And more than 75% lived.
The corals that didn't make it smelled when opened the bag.
So I suggest that the water with the frags be very clean and about 1/2 the bag volume, with one frag per bag. If you can stop by a friendly LFS and get oxygen for the top even better.
Judging by my experience most of your frags should live...Good Luck!
If it is cool maybe you can get a heat pack to help maintain the temp.

[danny zubot]

If you are realy concerned, you could bring an extra pale of water to do small changes. Time permitting of course. :lol:

[Jedi68]

Thanks John for the input...
It's great to hear from someone that is crazy enough to do such coral runs. I can live with 75%, but I am shooting for 90%. I wonder how they do the shipment from Bali to the LFS. Some suggested shipping coral using wet newspaper :eek: Anyway, I was thinking about changing 25% of the water half way through my trip :confused: . In the mean time, I will shop for heat packs and clean out my styrofoam box...

richard

[Aquattro]

When I travel with frags, I use a power inverter and run a small cooler as an in-car tank. I have a setup that runs a 50w heater and a small minijet pump. I've kept frags over 48hours @ 100% survival with this.