How do you catch copepods from refugium?

[RioReefr]

I 've been cultivating copepods, amphipods, chaeto, sand and rock in an offline container (i.e. tub)

After much research and design, I have finally came up with a refugium solution (in which I do not want to use sand). I only did it initially because I had an extra bag.

So, I would like to transfer the tub-contents over to a glass refugium (minus the sand). The amphipods are easy to pick off since I can see them. But copepods are pretty tiny, is there something I can do to attract them to one spot? Is there a such thing as a copepod-fishnet?

My initial thought was just to drain all the water from the container into the refugium trying to get as much as everything as possible. Then take a pan-scooper of the top layer of container sand and dump it in the main tank.

 

[Anotherplanet]

A sifting net for brine shrimp, can be purchased from Brine Shrimp Direct


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[lapin]

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[Silly clownfish]

Not from my fuge, but from my pod farm (2 plastic jars from pretzels with air stones). I siphon out water/“stuff” from the bottom of the container and run it through a fine brine shrimp net. The water can go back to the container unless I am doing a water change. I always like to use a magnifying glass to see the little specks flitting around. I do notice that the population fluctuates.

 

[NO3]

I believe on Amazon you can buy macro-hooks that are 0.01mm hooks

Just bait the hook and fish them out

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