Al, I would be concerned most of your fry will get eaten by fellow tilapia rather than making it to your CNBG when the tilapia are concentrated...they have a strong craving for the babies, plus females will hold longer/reproduce less often due to the fry predation threats present. Fry will easily swim through a 1/4" mesh as they will be about 1/4" long when released. Any way it goes Al, you're gonna have fun with it!