Skimmer sucking up copepods???

I was wanting to start a copepod farm in my refugium, will this protein skimmer suck up ALL the copepods??? Any help will be appreciated!!

Heres a pic, it's a seaclone 100 skimmer i think
2012-02-12122728.jpg picture by wamperscat - Photobucket

 

my asm g2 sucks up amphipods and spits them back out still alive so im sure copepods will be fine.

 

I have the same problem!!!Ive lost hundreds of copepods to my skimmer...I find that if I point my drainage pipe directly at my skimmer's pump,the force of the draining water keeps most of them from being suck in when they get to close to the pump.In my case the cause was the debri(trapped food) in the sponge(De-fizzer) that was compelling them to get so close to the pump.I still have hundreds in my sump/refuge..I.M.O looking at your refuge..and you wanting a farm...I would add some more live rock/refuge rubble better...more places for them to hind reproduce.



90 GALLON DISPLAY
IN DISPLAY TANK;

180 LBS FIJI PREMIUM LIVE ROCK
95 LBS LIVE SAND
(2) 50 GPH POWERHEADS(CARBON STUFFED)
(2) 1300 GPH POWER HEADS

LIGHTING IN DISPLAY;
T5 NOVAS 48 INCH(6 BULB FIXTURES)
48 INCH MARINLAND L.E.D REEF LIGHTING(18K)
48 INCH (24) BLUE LED MOONLIGHT

30 GALLON SUMP
IN SUMP;
40 LBS LIVE SAND
15 LBS FIJI PREMIUM LIVE ROCK.
35 LBS REFUGIUM RUBBLE
PHOSBAN REACTOR(150)
10 WATT U.V STEROLIZER (DONT HAVE AN ICK PROB)BUT BETTER SAFE THEN SORRY
CORALIFE SUPER SKIMMER(120)
(ELITE) 200 WATT HEATER
(10)MANGROVES

LIGHTING ;
IN SUMP
30-90 WATT FLOOD LAMP

FISH
SAILFIN TANG,YELLOW TANG,BLUE HIPPO TANG,DIAMOND WATCHMAN GOBY,SIZZORTAIL GOBY,BLUE DAMSEL(6) BLUE GREEN CHROMIS(4)ENGINEER GOBY

CORALS AND INVERTS
BLUE RICORDEA,SEBAE ANENOME,DUNCAN POLYPS,BROWN BUTTON POLYPS,RED AND PURPLE MUSHROOMS COLONY(6) SKUNK SHRIMP (3) CAMEL SHRIMP(6)PEPPERMINT SHRIMP(8)MEXICAN TURBO SNAILS,(6)CERITH SNAILS,(4)ZEBRA SNAILS(5)RED LEGGED HERMIT CRABS,(5) BLUE LEGGED HERMIT CRABS,

IN SUMP;
(2)GREEN EMERALD CRABS
(5) BLUE LEGGED HERMIT CRABS
(5) RED LEGGED HEMIT CRABS



TO tHoSe WhO rOcK...WiTh A fiLTeR sOcK.....
>>>>>>> I SOLUTE YOU <<<<<<<<

 

There is no way a skimmer would deplete your pod population to a noticeable level, at least not by sucking them up. Maybe by removing excess nutrients but that's a whole different reason.

 

no matter what you will suck some up. I find pods in the collection cup every cleaning but after 5 years with the tank I still have them in the tank.

 

A seaclone skimmer may not suck up much of anything, but that's for another thread. If you are worried about your pod population you can split your drain, one feed to the fuge and one to the skimmer section with the return in the middle, that way not all pods have to go through the skimmer section before going back to tank (if water goes fuge>skimmer>return) or if you go skimmer>fuge>return, then your fuge is being fed nutrient rich water before the skimmer gets a chance to strip the nutrients.

 

My seaclone was great!