Moving 16 hour drive over night mostly?

Question

Hello all heres my plan please offer insight if you got it.
I have a 75 gallon tank and some fish to move. The drive will take place over night on may 8th. The duration will be around 12-16 hours. I want to keep most all my water. In order to do this I plan on using hundreds of zipper ziplock bags to double back 3/4ths of a gallon each to keep the water from sloshing out of cheap rubber made tubs. As for the fish I was gonna get some over sized fish bags to house more room and air per fish. In order to maintain temperature I was gonna float these bags in a cooler and drill a hole in top of the cooler to drape in a heater for the pool of water. I would make sure that the bags had no wiggle room to minimize the jarring of the bags. Now the most complex part of this transport is the cooler and heated pool of water... Do i need this?

Fish being moved:
Banded Cat Shark
Panther Grouper
Lion Fish Volitan
Blue Hippo Tang
Bi Color Angel
Chain Link Eel
Snow Flake Eel
Fox Face
pink tipped hatian anenome
Serpent stars
Sand sifting star
Hermit crabs Snails
Red General Star
Also Live rock and sand will be transported
Let me know how much work is required the tank will be set up immediately upon arrival and be up within an hour.

UPDATE:
So if i put the fish in last and insulate them in the cooler or styrofoam bins(which would be better?). I wouldnt need the heater/ floating pool for them(note: if I were to do it that way i would put something around the heater to keep it from touching the bags). Plus in terms of air I heard there was a transport item that released air and a sedative (nothing strong) but enough to calm the fish. These fish are mail ordered all the time so moving them has to be possible if saltwaterfish.com and pet solutions can over night em to you. As for bagging the water it would be double bagged and put into a cleaned rubber maid tub since a few bags bursting in transport wont release enough water to slosh out in mass quantities. Besides any lost water will allow for a water change minus the siphoning :). Please keep up the input I need it.

Heater would be plugged into a car outlet

Answer 1

I don't know that drilling the cooler for a heater would be necessary. As long as the water in the bags with the fish is tank-temperature when you start, and the cooler has a closed lid, and temperature change will be gradual and the fish will adjust. Unless you're planning to crank up the AC or heater, the temperature inside the vehicle shouldn't change that drastically that the temperature inside the cooler would change too much anyway. Use the heater when you get the tank set up and adjust the temperature upward by a few degrees at a time if it's dropped at all - don't try to rush it all at once.

I can also see potential for a problem of one of the bags gets jammed against the heater - in an enclosed bag, the temperature will be warm there, but heat may have problems diffusing the to bags on the other end of the cooler. Also, if the heater malfunctions or gets too warm, you could melt the bag. Were you planning on plugging the heater into your car's cigarette light with an adapter?

Even ziplock bags have a tendency to leak - I think double-bagging is a good idea. You can also get bags larger than a gallon.

Answer 2

i think the biggest problem you are going to have is ammonia in the confined space the fish have the levells will soon build up and cause more stress on the fish 12 to 16 hours is a long time for any fish to be zippad up in a bag another problem is air the oxygen in the bags wont last that long if you know your filtraition you know wot i mean the watsr pumped round to cause the oxygen to be pumped in the water.
the ideal time a fish should be in a bag to the aquarium is 2 hours to minimise stress and loss of heat.
good luck with your move

Answer 3

there are plenty of companies online that sell fish by mail order..such a trip thats gonna be overnight wont harm the fish...i have ordered offline and they arrived safe and sound...

Answer 4

I think you better off giving the fish away and buying a new one on your destination.