Tank upgrade. Help me save my copepods.

[Seabiscuit]

I will be upgrading to a slightly larger tank this winter and have lots of copepods in the tank that I would like to save and add to the bigger tank. Any strategies on how to save most of them? A lot of them are visible on my glass with my magnifying lens. For those ones I was thinking of scraping the glass with a razor right before removing the water so that they might stay in the water column. I'd like to save as many as possible.

 

[A sea K]

I'm sure there will be plenty that will get moved as you transfer your LR and coral. If you're really concerned dose some phyto after the move to build the population back up.

 

[Seabiscuit]

I'm sure there will be plenty that will get moved as you transfer your LR and coral. If you're really concerned dose some phyto after the move to build the population back up.

Thanks so much about the phyto suggestion. Will do.

 

[afboundguy]

I wouldn't worry about it you'll have plenty of pods if you transfer the water, LR, sand (if you have it) and water. My philosophy is it's practically impossible to actually keep a reef tank and not have pods even if you're trying to keep them out...

 

[Seabiscuit]

I wouldn't worry about it you'll have plenty of pods if you transfer the water, LR, sand (if you have it) and water. My philosophy is it's practically impossible to actually keep a reef tank and not have pods even if you're trying to keep them out...

Thanks for the reassurance. I guess if I transfer my water, LR, sand and macroalgae I'll have a good amount of pods tagging along.