Moving my 29g 200+ miles

I've got a standard 29g that's been up and running about 9 months now. Recently I came across an opportunity to purchase a house that I simply cannot pass up. The catch is that the house is 4 hours away, on the opposite end of the state.

So what's the best way to transport my tank? It's currently stocked with two maroon clowns, a gbta and various lps and softies (plus my cuc).

My current plan is to take as much of the water as possible in 5 gallon buckets, leaving an inch or two of water covering my sand bed. I plan to place all of my live rock that does not have coral attached into one of the buckets of water, while putting the rock with coral attached each into their own Tupperware container full of water. Obviously my maroons will go into a bag, but the gbta that they're hosting has me wondering...do I try to get him to let go of his rock, then put him in a bag and keep him with the clowns, or should I just put the rock (nem and all) in its own container, separating it from the fish?

Does this sound like a solid plan? Will the inevitable temperature drop incurred by the 4 hours plus of no heater be a problem with regards to my live rock and all the little bacteria inhabiting it? I plan to keep my corals, fish and tank in my back seat, but I only have so much room...the water and live rock will have to go in the bed of the truck and Ohio is starting to cool off pretty rapidly this time of year.

Anything else I missed or can improve on? Any advice is appreciated as this is my first foray into moving existing aquariums.

Thanks!

 

when I am transporting tanks for a distance I usually put all my liverock into a cooler and fill it with the saltwater from the tank till it covers the rock. The fish I put in bags that i get from my LFS and make sure there is plenty of air in the bag along with an apprpriate amount of water. If you want you could run the heater in the cooler with the live rock. The coral I would do the same, put into a bag with water and and some air. From there just try to keep them as stable as possible. Don't leave them in a hot truck or put them in front of a a/c vent.

Keeping the live rock covered with saltwater will minimize die off so your tank won't need to recycle