I do contract work for a living, which could include writing a program such as this. However, I don’t do people’s homework for them. That just robs them of an education.
You have my full permission to implement this project in any way you please and to keep all the profits from your endeavor.
The second part of the project is an environment controller. You feed in the profiles of temperature, light, pH etc. you want, (which may be natural or enhanced natural), and create a "fish heaven" for your target species to breed. Some aquarists might choose to keep many species, all that live together naturally. This may prove cheaper than importing hard to breed species such as clown loaches, or simply a fun toy for the wealthy aquarist.
You might create a very large cheap shallow aquarium from a waterbed frame.
If the idea caught on, it could create a cottage industry for people in the third world, collecting data for aquarists on every conceivable species.
This project has a more serious purpose, preservation of endangered species of fish, amphibians and reptiles. The only way you will manage to keep sufficiently large breeding populations in captivity is by engaging amateurs, and possibly even people with a very casual interest in the details of fish keeping, but who wish to help preserve species. With sufficiently clever computer control, even a bungler could keep delicate endangered species alive.
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