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An easy way to acquire, cultivate, and feed a variety of live foods would be perhaps the single biggest positive development in the hobby since, I dunno, salt mixes?If we can have easier access to living marine foods, this hobby will be far easier for many people.
In some cases, we are already there. It is "easy" to sustain a population of copepods, and they automatically feed my tank (not Apex or Profilux required!). My clownfish treat my tank to fresh-hatched fry on a regular basis, so I put that in the "easy" category. It is somewhat easy to hatch and feed baby brine (PaulB feeder, anyone?). Not as easy, but very doable, to culture phyto and blackworms, although I still need to move them from the culture to the tank. Not so easy with other favorite live foods like rotifers, mysis, etc. Corals like live food too! I am sure I am leaving lots out.
Lots of DIY ideas, but if / when someone comes up with a mass produced clean and convenient way to supply a tank with this kind of live food, that will be somethin' !