Rock cleaning Question

[jtwilson21]

I periodically clean my live rock with a small pipette which I have herd was a good idea to do every now and then, however i recently noticed a spike in my copepod,amphriopod population(after adding true live sand) and was wondering if blowing the rocks would harm these tiny invertibrates? It seems that whenever i do gently blow my live rock i see one or two amphriopods floating around in my tank as a result of cleaning(cant see the copepods floating cause they are so small only when they are on the rocks can i see them). what should i do? what do you guys do?

 

[lizzard]

Clean your rocks, the pods will head back to them when your done. They get blown around by powerheads all day long.

 

[dburr]

A pipette? I use a turkey baster.

 

[jtwilson21]

thanks

 

[wax32]

Originally posted by dburr
I use a turkey baster.
Me too.

 

[gonfishin]

Do you use the turkey baster to blow of the rocks or suck up "stuff"?

 

[dmitry]

And how much crap do you all normally have blowing off the rocks??

 

[mudplayerx]

Easiest way to clean live rocks in the tank is to take a powerhead, disconnect it from the glass and just direct it wherever the detritus is.