Question: What's the best way to move larvae during a water change?

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I've finally gotten my little guys to eat (after a week of nothing!). They aren't accepting blackworms yet, not even chopped ones, so I'm feeding them egg yolk and bbs.

These thing are messy and need a 100% water change, which I do by moving the larvae to a different container with fresh water. Currently, I'm scooping each one out with a small spoon and putting them in the new container. But this is stressful for me and the axies!

I have to chase them around, and it takes over an hour as I'm doing this for about 80 larvae. Is there a better way to do this?
 
The tip I was given and worked really well was to take nearly all the water out with a turkey baster, then tip the hatchling into the new container with clean water. I did have them in individual containers.
They didn't get stressed an it was a lot quicker than chasing them around with a spoon, or thinking I was going to decapitate them with the baster
 
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