Copepods + return pumps = ?

[Adam10045]

Can copepods make it out alive going through a return pump? I want to add some to my refugium but want them in the display as well. Will they make the crazy trip without having to put them directly into the DT?

 

[eburnsed]

Yes. I have them in my sump fuge. I find them all the time in the filter socks. Which means they made it out the fuge, through the return pump into the DT and through the over flows. I tap out the socks and put pods back in the tank, there still alive.

 

[Adam10045]

I've had them in my filter sock before but wasn't sure about them running through a pump. The overflows are gravity fed so it's easy to see why they can live through that.

 

[eburnsed]

I understand that. But my pods only got to my tank from the fuge. Which would mean they had to travel through the pump to get there.

 

[reefwiser]

due to their size they should handle the trip thru the pump. I do not use mechanical filtration on my tanks.

 

[monster]

Same here I put pods in my fuge and they are now in my DT