HELP moving with my terrarium!
 

So i have a small collection of miniatures mostly housed in a 10 gallon aquarium that i turned into an orchidarium. nothing fancy. 2 weeks from today i will be moving across the country. we will be driving and we will be taking 8 days to do it (sightseeing, visiting friends and family etc) my question is: how do i get my babies cross country without killing them? do i just stick the whole tank in the car as is and go for it? do i wrap each of them in newspaper and put them in a styrofoam cooler/cardboard box? is there a third option i'm not thinking of? any help would be MUCH appreciated.

Good question. I can't help, but... I can bump it up!

I would pack them up into a box as you would do for shipping by mail and just make sure that box doesn't get into too much of a heat and shaking.
It would be less worries during your trip and surely they should survive 8 days in a box just fine.

I'd be inclined to put the whole thing in the car and make sure that it remains cool and shaded as you are driving. Since the A/C will be running temps shouldn't be a problem. Do not put it on a moving truck - you cannot control the heat in the truck and as you go across country in the summer there is bound to be some heat!

I might make sure you keep a cooler stocked with ice too, since this is a summer trip, just in case you're going to be out of the car for more than an hour. Temps inside the car can get a lot hotter than it gets outside.

Thank you all so much!

Dabblin how did you move go and did all your orchids survive the trip?

The move went well! Most of them made it completely unscathed (Brasavolla "Little Stars" even bloomed the day I moved in. :cloud9:) Two of them I packed too wet and the roots rotted :((. One didn't make it the other is in "Sphag in a Bag" trying to see if it will push new roots. I suppose this gives me an excuse to buy some new orchids ;) (why have a tank if it isn't BURSTING with minis right?)

I am so glad you didn't lose to many of the orchids and I hope the one pulls through and makes it. For buying more orchids yup that's always fun to do. I just got a nice orchidarium and I am filling it with a few I purchased also. Some from the seedlings I am raising and others I purchased I can't wait till they begin to start blooming and I get to see what I have. Being new to orchids its very exciting.