I will be moving my 10 gallon aquarium from my current location in MA up to NH in 5 or 6 days. I am just looking for the best way to move all my plants. I am going to be putting my rocks and driftwood in a bucket in some tank water so that isn't an issue. I am worried about my plants however.

What is the best way to move them. Uproot and put in a bag with water? Leave the plants in the tank (no water will be in the tank) for 2 hours(ish)?

I am not too worried about my snails I have a 1 gallon that I am gonna throw the ones I can find into.

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I would put them in a large ziplock bag with some water (1/2 cup or so) and then lay bag flat in the tank for transport. I'm winging it of course, but for a two-hour trip I would think that would keep them hydrated enough to not be too shocked.

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10g lightly planted with vals, crypts, anubias and one female betta.

75g lightly planted with 8 neon tetras, 7 black-skirt tetras, 7 Swartz' cories, 1 Bolivian ram, dozens of rcs, hundreds of mts, and four assassin snails.

You don't have to drain ALL of the water out of the 10 gallon. Drain most of it, but leave a little and leave the plants in there. Should be fine, unless you have some with stems that might break from bending over. I don't even take my fish and shrimp out when I transport, I just remove the hardware, rocks, and driftwood that might smoosh them.

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Officially fishless until after the move....tune in later for details!

rocks and driftwood are coming out. Moving my aquarium once i get there is more of a problem (dorm room) which is why i need as much water gone as possible. I need to swipe in 2 times then enter a door code to get into my room. granted once i am in there is no problem. I jist want to keep the weight down a bit.

Both seem like solid plans however.

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What I do is drain all the water into coolers and put the plants and fish in the coolers with the top "cracked" open for circulation.

my .02

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

I've been able to one-arm a 10 gallon with 1"-2" of water above the substrate. I'm not Herculean, either (engineering student, so I'm kinda a weenie).

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Officially fishless until after the move....tune in later for details!