Will cycling a tank kill copepods?

[40B noob]

Hello I just filled my tank up yesterday and I think I found a Copepod in it. Whatever it is made me excited and I don't want it to die until it can feed some sort of fish. Sorry the picture is terrible and I couldn't get a good picture because my phone doesn't take great quality pictures.

 

[Tahoe61]

The Copepod will probably favor a softer cycle where ammonia levels and nitrites are maintained at lower levels than seen with harder cycles. If the Copepod came in on live rock your a step ahead. There will be many many others as the tank matures. The come in a frags, inverts, and marine plants.
Welcome to R2R and the hobby.

 

[BrandonS]

Hello Braxton, I noticed you have multiple threads going. Have you gotten salt water in your tank yet? Hadn't gotten an answer on the other threads and the answer will let us know if that is a copipod. I usually wait at least a month before adding copipids just to let the hardest part of the cycle done.

 

[Subsea]

Looks too big for a copepod. It probably is an amphipod. Continue ghost feeding display.