And, Fishinrod, I did find someone with the same idea on a aquaculture site. I think it was dated but still very interesting information. Their biggest issue was feeding the fry. They didn’t have a good idea about what to feed them and was thinking that a pellet that has been smashed in water may work. I will have the parents and fry separated directly after hatching to prevent the babies becoming food for the parents and will hopefully have something for them that is small enough for them to eat.
I read some of those types of threads on the aquaculture sites many years back, just out of scientific curiosity.
I vaguely remember people getting "green water" from local ponds and nurturing that supply to feed fry that eat tiny plants. There were also people that kept daphnia or brine shrimp in their own tanks to be able to feed the fry at their earliest stages.
Someone on Pond Boss even had a very slow conveyer belt type of feeder that they used for fry. I think they ground typical fish pellets into a very fine powder, and a tiny bit was periodically dumped into the tank every few hours without direct human supervision.
I am sure I am wrong on many of the specifics I typed above, but you should have lots of avenues to pursue from the aquaculture people.
